• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.361-374
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• 2008

Recently, satellite formation flying has been a topic of significant research interest in aerospace society because it provides potential benefits compared to a large spacecraft. Some techniques have been proposed to design optimal formation trajectories minimizing fuel consumption in the process of formation configuration or reconfiguration. In this study, a method is introduced to build fuel-optimal trajectories minimizing a cost function that combines the total fuel consumption of all satellites and assignment of fuel consumption rate for each satellite. This approach is based on collocation and nonlinear programming to solve constraints for collision avoidance and the final configuration. New constraints of nonlinear equality or inequality are derived for final configuration, and nonlinear inequality constraints are established for collision avoidance. The final configuration constraints are that three or more satellites should form a projected circular orbit and make an equilateral polygon in the horizontal plane. Example scenarios, including these constraints and the cost function, are simulated by the method to generate optimal trajectories for the formation configuration and reconfiguration of multiple satellites.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2006

정지궤도 위성의 상대위치보정은 제한된 위지보정 박스내에 다수의 위성을 운용함으로서 발생하는 위성간 충돌, 전파간섭, 가림현상 등을 해결하기 위해 반드시 필요한 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 정지궤도 위성의 상대 궤도 운동 분석과 최적화 기법에 근거한 문제의 정립으로 상대위치보정을 수행하였다. 이상적인 정지궤도에 대한 상대운동을 다수의 멱함수와 주기함수로 표현하고, 상대위치보정에 필요한 조건들을 이들 함수로 표현한다. 이러한 구속 조건식과 더불어 연료 최소화 같은 가격 함수를 최소화하는 과정에서 궤도 수정에 필요한 절차를 수립하게 된다. 비선형 시뮬레이션을 통하여 본 논문에서 제시하고 있는 절차의 타당성을 검증하였고 또한 기존의 고전적인 방법과 비교하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2007년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2007
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• pp.386-389
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• 2007

Currently, fast and accurate long baseline positioning in kinematic mode is a challenging topic, but positional accuracy can be improved with the help of the network-derived external ionospheric corrections. To provide not only ionospheric corrections, but also their variances, satellite-by-satellite interpolation for the ionospheric delays is performed using the least-squares collocation (LSC) method. Satellite-by-satellite interpolation has the advantage in that the vertical projection used in single-layer ionospheric model is not required. Also, more reliable user positioning and the corresponding accuracy assessment can be obtained by providing not only external ionospheric corrections but also their variances. The rover positioning with and without the external ionospheric delays in both rapid-static and kinematic mode was performed and analyzed. The numerical results indicate that the improvement in the positioning quality is achieved using the proposed method. With the TAMDEF network in Antarctica, 18 % improvement in mean time-to-fix in kinematic mode was achieved.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2023년도 학술발표회
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• pp.180-180
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• 2023

To improve global risk management, understanding the characteristics and distribution of precipitation is crucial. However, obtaining spatially and temporally resolved climatic data remains challenging due to sparse gauge observations and limited data availability, despite the use of satellite and reanalysis products. To address this challenge, merging available precipitation products has been introduced to generate spatially and temporally reliable data by taking advantage of the strength of the individual products. However, most of the existing studies utilize all the available products without considering the varying performances of each dataset in different regions. Comprehensively considering the relative contributions of each parent dataset is necessary since their contributions may vary significantly and utilizing all the available datasets for data merging may lead to significant data redundancy issues. Hence, for this study, we introduce a site-specific precipitation merging method that utilizes the Quadruple Collocation (QC) approach, which acknowledges the existence of error-cross correlation between the parent datasets, to create a high-resolution global daily precipitation data from 2001-2020. The performance of multiple gridded precipitation products are first evaluated per region to determine the best combination of quadruplets to be utilized in estimating the error variances through the QC approach and computation of merging weights. The merged precipitation is then computed by adding the precipitation from each dataset in the quadruplet multiplied by each respective merging weight. Our results show that our approach holds promise for generating reliable global precipitation data for data-scarce regions lacking spatially and temporally resolved precipitation data.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제35권5_1호
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• pp.625-636
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• 2019

토양수분은 수문순환에 핵심적인 역할을 하는 대표적인 인자로써 대기와 지표 사이의 상호작용에 관여하며, 농업, 수자원, 대기 등의 분야에서 활용되고 있다. 한반도 영역의 위성기반 토양수분의 적용성 및 불확실성 분석을 위하여 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2), Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT), European SpaceAgency Climate Change Initiative (ESACCI) 데이터가 사용되었다. 상기 데이터를 사용한 Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) Matching과 Triple collocation (TC) 분석을 수행하여 위성 토양수분 데이터 보정 및 불확실성에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 보정 전의 인공위성 기반 토양수분자료를 Automated Agriculture Observing System (AAOS) 관측지점과 비교한 결과, ESACCI와 ASCAT자료는 AAOS의 경향을 잘 반영하였다. 그에 비해 AMSR2 위성 자료는 동결기간에 과대 산정되었다. CDF Matching을 이용하여 인공위성 토양수분 자료를 보정한 결과, 보정 전보다 오차 및 상관성이 개선되었다. 마지막으로, TC 방법을 이용하여 토양수분 자료의 불확실성 분석을 실시하였다. CDF Matching 보정을 실시한 인공위성 토양수분의 불확실성이 동결과 융해 기간에서 확연하게 개선되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 한반도에서는 보정을 실시하였을 때, AMSR2 토양수분 자료보다 ASCAT과 ESACCI를 활용하는 것이 보다 정확한 토양수분 결과를 나타낼 수 있을 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 인공위성 및 재분석 자료인 Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS), Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM), MOD16의 실제증발산량 산출물을 활용하여 한국수자원조사기술원(Korea Institute of Hydrological Survey, KIHS)에서 관리하고 있는 청미천(cheongmicheon farmland site, CFK)과 설마천(seolmacheon site, SMK) flux tower에서 검증하였고, Triple collocation (TC) 방법을 활용하여 자료간의 불확실성 및 상관성분석을 수행하였다. 플럭스타워와의 검증 결과에서는 전반적으로 GLEAM>GLDAS>MOD16순으로 좋은 결과를 나타내었으며, 세가지 산출물의 조합(S1: flux tower vs. GLDAS vs. MOD16, S2: flux tower vs. GLDAS vs. GLEAM, S3: flux tower vs. GLEAM vs. MOD16)을 통한 TC 결과에서는 청미천(설마천)에서 GLEAM>GLDAS>MOD16>flux tower (GLDAS>GLEAM>MOD16>flux tower)순으로 좋은 결과를 나타내었다. TC 분석 결과에서 Flux tower의 error variance와 correlation coefficient가 상대적으로 좋은 결과를 나타내지 못하였으므로, 한반도 지역에서 인공위성과 재분석 자료(GLDAS vs. GLEAM vs. MOD16)만을 활용하여 TC를 적용하였다. 그 결과, GLDAS와 GLEAM이 한반도 영역에서 낮은 error variance 와 높은 correlation coefficient를 나타낸 반면, MOD16의 경우, 농지에서 낮은 correlation coefficient과 높은 error variance를 나타내었다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.631-644
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• 2013

Significant Wave Height (SWH) data measured by satellite altimeters (Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1, Envisat, and Jason-2) were validated in the seas around Korea by comparison with wave height measurements from marine meteorological buoy stations of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). A total of 1,070 collocation matchups between Ku-band satellite altimeter data and buoy data were obtained for the periods of the four satellites from 1992 to the present. In the case of C-band and S-band observations, 1,086 matchups were obtained and used to assess the accuracy of satellite SWH. Root-Mean-Square (RMS) errors of satellite SWH measured with Ku-band were evaluated to roughly 0.2_2.1 m. Comparisons of the RMS errors and bias errors between different frequency bands revealed that SWH observed with Ku-band was much more accurate than other frequencies, such as C-band or S-band. The differences between satellite SWH and buoy wave height, satellite minus buoy, revealed some dependence on the magnitude of the wave height. Satellite SWH tended to be overestimated at a range of low wave height of less than 1 m, and underestimated for high wave height of greater than 2 m. Such regional characteristics imply that satellite SWH should be carefully used when employed for diverse purposes such as validating wave model results or data assimilation procedures. Thus, this study confirmed that satellite SWH products should be continuously validated for regional applications.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.167-180
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• 2008

지구관측 영상위성의 해상도는 위성에 장착된 광학카메라의 Field of View(FOV)와 위성의 임무고도에 의해 결정된다. 따라서 카메라의 FOV가 고정된 경우 해상도를 향상시키는 방법은 위성의 임무고도를 낮추는 것이다. 하지만 저고도일수록 대기저항에 의한 위성의 고도감소가 크게 나타나고 이를 보정하기 위해 많은 연료가 필요하게 된다. 이 연구에서는 초저고도에 있는 위성의 임무도 유지를 위하여 필요한 연료량 산출을 분석하고자 한다. 이를 위해 지구와 위성 간 2체 문제에 대기저항과 이를 보정하기 위만 주력을 고려하여 운동방정식을 세우고, Legendre-Gauss-Lobatto(LGL) points를 이용한 collocation method를 사용하였다. 지속적으로 임무고도를 유지하는 경우와 고도 상승하강 기동을 하여 임무고도를 대략 유지하는 경우에 대한 소모되는 연료량을 비하였다. 고도 상승하강 기동의 방법이 임무고도를 유지하기 위하여 더 적은 연료를 소모하였다. 고도 상승하강 기동방법을 이용할 때 고도상승의 주기 변화로 얻어지는 연료이득은 작고, 태양활동 시기나 위성의 임무고도변화는 연료 사용에 큰 영향을 끼치는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 여러 가지 조건에 대한 연료소모량을 구체적으로 제시하였다. 이 연구를 통해서 얻어진 알고리즘은 위성의 저고도 유지를 위한 연료량을 산정하는데 많은 도움이 될 것이며, 임무도 설정에 있어서도 원하는 해상도와 연료량을 고려하여 최상의 선택을 할 수 있는 자료를 제공할 수 있다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.379-386
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• 2015

This work presents fuel-optimal altitude maintenance of Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) spacecrafts experiencing non-negligible air drag and J2 perturbation. A pseudospectral (direct) method is first applied to roughly estimate an optimal fuel consumption strategy, which is employed as an initial guess to precisely determine itself. Based on the physical specifications of KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite-2 (KOMPSAT-2), a Korean artificial satellite, numerical simulations show that a satellite ascends with full thrust at the early stage of the maneuver period and then descends with null thrust. While the thrust profile is presumably bang-off, it is difficult to precisely determine the switching time by using a pseudospectral method only. This is expected, since the optimal switching epoch does not coincide with one of the collocation points prescribed by the pseudospectral method, in general. As an attempt to precisely determine the switching time and the associated optimal thrust history, a shooting (indirect) method is then employed with the initial guess being obtained through the pseudospectral method. This hybrid process allows the determination of the optimal fuel consumption for LEO spacecrafts and their thrust profiles efficiently and precisely.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.493-507
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• 2018

Due to high spatio-temporal variability of amount and optical/microphysical properties of atmospheric aerosols, satellite-based observations have been demanded for spatiotemporal monitoring the major aerosols. Observations of the heavy aerosol episodes and determination on the dominant aerosol types from a geostationary satellite can provide a chance to prepare in advance for harmful aerosol episodes as it can repeatedly monitor the temporal evolution. A new geostationary observation sensor, namely the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI), onboard the Himawari-8 platform, has been observing high spatial and temporal images at sixteen wavelengths from 2016. Using observed spectral visible reflectance and infrared brightness temperature (BT), the algorithm to find major aerosol type such as volcanic ash (VA), desert dust (DD), polluted aerosol (PA), and clean aerosol (CA), was developed. RGB color composite image shows dusty, hazy, and cloudy area then it can be applied for comparing aerosol detection product (ADP). The CALIPSO level 2 vertical feature mask (VFM) data and MODIS level 2 aerosol product are used to be compared with the Himawari-8/AHI ADP. The VFM products can deliver nearly coincident dataset, but not many match-ups can be returned due to presence of clouds and very narrow swath. From the case study, the percent correct (PC) values acquired from this comparisons are 0.76 for DD, 0.99 for PA, 0.87 for CA, respectively. The MODIS L2 Aerosol products can deliver nearly coincident dataset with many collocated locations over ocean and land. Increased accuracy values were acquired in Asian region as POD=0.96 over land and 0.69 over ocean, which were comparable to full disc region as POD=0.93 over land and 0.48 over ocean. The Himawari-8/AHI ADP algorithm is going to be improved continuously as well as the validation efforts will be processed by comparing the larger number of collocation data with another satellite or ground based observation data.