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Analysis of Scaling Parameters of the Batch Unscented Transformation for Precision Orbit Determination using Satellite Laser Ranging Data

  • Kim, Jae-Hyuk;Park, Sang-Young;Kim, Young-Rok;Park, Eun-Seo;Jo, Jung-Hyun;Lim, Hyung-Chul;Park, Jang-Hyun;Park, Jong-Uk
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.183-192
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    • 2011
  • The current study analyzes the effects of the scaling parameters of the batch unscented transformation on precision satellite orbit determination. Satellite laser ranging (SLR) data are used in the orbit determination algorithm, which consists of dynamics model, observation model and filtering algorithm composed of the batch unscented transformation. TOPEX/Poseidon SLR data are used by utilizing the normal point (NP) data observed from ground station. The filtering algorithm includes a repeated series of processes to determine the appropriate scaling parameters for the batch unscented transformation. To determine appropriate scaling parameters, general ranges of the scaling parameters of ${\alpha}$, ${\beta}$, k, $\lambda$ are established. Depending on the range settings, each parameter was assigned to the filtering algorithm at regular intervals. Appropriate scaling parameters are determined for observation data obtained from several observatories, by analyzing the relationship between tuning properties of the scaling parameters and estimated orbit precision. The orbit determination of satellite using the batch unscented transformation can achieve levels of accuracy within several tens of cm with the appropriate scaling parameters. The analyses in the present study give insights into the roles of scaling parameters in the batch unscented transformation method.

Study on Sea Level Changes in Korean Peninsula by Using Satellite Altimetry Data (위성 고도계 자료를 활용한 한반도 해수면 높이 변동 연구)

  • Hwang, Do-Hyun;Yoon, Hong-Joo;Seo, Won-Chan
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.325-330
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    • 2016
  • Sea level is upward trend since the end of 19th century, it is accelerating after 20th century. Because sea level height has regional differences, we concerned sea level change in Korean Peninsula. We used Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellite altimetry data which has $1/4^{\circ}$ resolution. From 1993 to 2013, for 21 years, monthly mean sea level anomaly was negative between January and April, positive between March and October. Bohai Bay in China, affected the continental climate, showed big sea level changes. Mean sea level data showed remarkably affecting the continental climate in Bohai Bay in China, the Kuroshio Current and eddy affects the sea level change.

Distribution of Antarctic Sea Ice from Satellite Altimetry in the Weddell Sea: Preliminary Results

  • Kim, Jeong-Woo;Hong, Sung-Min;Hwang, Jong-Sun;Yoon, Ho-Il;Lee, Bang-Yong;Kim, Yea-Dong
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.255-261
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    • 2002
  • We investigated the distribution of sea ice using Topex/Poseidon (T/P) and ERS-1 .ada. altimeter data in the northwest Weddell Sea, Antarctica, between the area $45-75^{\circ}W\;and\;55-66^{\circ}S$. Using the Geo_Bad_1 flag of the Merged GDR of the T/P, we classified the surface into ocean, land, and sea. Total 257 cycles of altimeter measurements between Oct. 1992 and Sep. 1999 (for nearly 2570 days) were used to analyze the distribution of the Antarctic sea ice. We then calculated the surface area of ice coverage using SUTM20 map projection to monitor the periodic variations. Each year, the maximum and minimum coverage of the sea ice were found in late August and February in the study area, respectively. We also studied the sea ice distribution using ERS-1 altimeter data between $45-75^{\circ}W\;and\;55-81.5^{\circ}S$ to compare with the T/P Using the Valid/Invalid flag of the Ocean Product, we analyzed the sea ice distribution between March and August of 1995, which showed very good coherence with the T/P measurements. Our preliminary results showed that the altimeter measurements can be effectively used to monitor the distribution of the sea ice in the polar region. However, the size of radar footprint, typically 2-6km depending on the roughness of the sea surface, may be too big to monitor the sharp boundary between ice and water/land. If more other altimeter mission data with dense coverage such as Geosat GM are analyzed together, this limitation can be significantly improved. If we also combine other microwave remote sensing data such as radiometer, and SSM/I, the result will be significantly enhanced.

Variations of Sea Level and Sea Surface Temperature in the Korea seas Peninsula using Satellite Data(Topex/Poseidon and NOAA) (위성자료(Topex/Poseidon, NOAA)를 이용한 한반도 주변해역의 해수면 및 해수온변화 연구)

  • Yoon Hong-Joo;Cho Han-Keun;Lee Bong-Sic;Jeong Young-Deok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.485-488
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    • 2006
  • SLA and SST is high in summer and fall, it is low in spring and winter. The clearly annual period shows through the power spectrum density. A semi-annual period and seasonal period appeared, In. At sea surface variation of satellite data(Mean Sea Level Anomaly) and in-situ data, coefficient-correlation show 0.323 at Mukho which is located in the coastal. Chujado and Ulleungdo is a 0.685 and 0.780, retentively. A coefficient-correlation of SST show higher than sea surface variation as Mukho-0.920, Chujado-0.894 and Ulleungdo-0.815. A comparison between SST and MSLA show 0.77, SST appeared faster about 1 to 3 months than MSLA.

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Spectral Characteristics of Sea Surface Height in the East Sea from Topex/Poseidon Altimeter Data (Topex/Poseidon에서 관측된 동해 해수면의 주기특성 연구)

  • 황종선;민경덕;이준우;원중선;김정우
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.375-383
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    • 2001
  • We extracted sea surface heights(SSH) from the TopexJPoseidon(T/P) radar altimeter data to compare with fhe SSH estimated from in-situ lide gauges(T/G) at Ulleungdo, Pohang, and SockcholMucko sites. Selection criteria such as wet/dry troposphere, ionosphere, and ocean tide were used to estimate accurate SSH. For time series analysis, the one-hour interval tide gauge SSHs were resampled al lO-day interval of the satellite SSHs. The ocean tide model applied in the altimeter data processing showed periodic aliasings of 175.5 day, 87.8 day, 62J day, 58.5 day, 49.5 day and 46.0 day, and, hence, the ZOO-day filtering was applied to reduce these spectral noises. Wavenumber correlation analysis was also applied to extract common components between the two SSHs, resulting in enhancing the correlation coefficient(CC) dramatically. The original CCs between the satenite and tide gauge SSHs are 0.46. 0.26, and 0.]5, respectively. Ulleungdo shows the largest cc bec;luase the site is far from the coast resulting in the minimun error in the satellite observations. The CCs were then increased to 0.59, 030, and 0.30, respectively, after 200.day filtering, and to 0.69, 0.63. and 0.59 after removing inversely correlative components using wavenumber correlation analysis. The CCs were greatly increased by 87, 227, and 460% when the wavenumber correlation analysis was followed by 2oo-day filtering, resulting in the final CCs of 0.86, 0.85, 0.84, respectively. It was found that the best SSHs were estimated when the two methods were applied to the original data. The low-pass filtered TIP SSHs were found to be well correlated with the TIG SSHs from tide gauges, and the best correlation results were found when we applied both low-pass filtering and spectral correlation analysis to the original SSHs.

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Modelling of Tides for the Arabian Sea (아라비아해의 조석)

  • 노상준;김동훈;최병호
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers Conference
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    • 1995.10a
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    • pp.133-138
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    • 1995
  • 페르시아(아라비아)만과 홍해를 포함하는 남위 10도이상의 아라비아해의 해양 역학을 이해하기 위한 첫단계로서 전해역을 1/6$^{\circ}$ (270$\times$246)의 해상도를 가진 조석모형에 의해 주분조의 조석체계를 산정하는 과업을 시작하였다. 이 아라비아해의 몰다이브공화국은 해면에 낮게 노출된 국가로서 지구 온난화에 따른 해면상승에 의해 민감한 지역이다. 아라비아해의 조석모형을 이용한 조석추정은 위성고도계자료(Topex$\times$Poseidon 및 ERS-1)로 부터 해면변위를 신뢰성있게 추출하기 위해 필수적인 과업으로 우선 M$_2$ 조석체계로서 부터 시작하여 주요 조석분조의 공간적인 분포를 산정하고저 한다. (중략)

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Shallow Water Tides in the Seas around Korea

  • Lashmi H. Kantha;Inkweon Bang;Park, Jei-Kook;Suk, Moon-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers Conference
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    • 1996.10a
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    • pp.10-13
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    • 1996
  • Satellite-borne altimeters are one of the most important global ocean measurement and monitoring techniques available to modern oceanographers. While the U.S. Navy's GEOdetic SATellite (GEOSAT) mission in the mid-eighties firmly established its value, the full potential of satellite altimetry was not realized until the launch of the NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon precision altimeter in 1992. (omitted)

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Variation of the Sea Level in the Korean seas Using Altimeter Data (TOPEX/POSEIDON)

  • Seo, Won-Chan;Yoon, Hong-Joo
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.430-433
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    • 2008
  • A merged altimeter data products are used to estimate sea level variation in the East Sea between 1993 and 2006. The altimeter data show a high correlation coefficient (0.85) after applying gaussian low pass filter for 180days at Ulleung island. The both of Mukho coast and Ulleung island are minimal sea level in March to May and maximal in September to November. Sea level of Mukho coast is higher than that of Ulleung island during March to May, while Mukho coast is lower during September to November because the North Korea Cold Current flows along the coast line of Mukho. Generally sea level variation at Mukho coast and Ulleung island associated with seasonal variations.

CLIMATIC TRENDS OF SOME PARAMETERS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN DERIVED FROM REMOTE SENSING DATA

  • Lebedev, S.A.
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.1023-1026
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    • 2006
  • As it was shown recently, climate changes in Antarctica resulted in interannual trends of some climatic parameters like sea level pressure, surface air temperature, ice thickness and others. These tendencies have effect on the Southern Ocean meteorological and hydrological regime. The following remote sensing data: AVHRR MCSST data, satellite altimetry data (merged data of mission ERS-2, TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, ENVISAT, GFO-1) are used to analyse the interannual and/or climatic tendency of sea surface temperature (SST) and sea level anomaly (SLA). According to the obtained results, SST has negative trend $-0.02{\pm}0.003^{\circ}C/yr$ for 24-yr record (1982-2005) and SLA has positive trend $0.01{\pm}0.005$ cm/yr for 24-yr record (1982-2005) and $0.24{\pm}0.026$ cm/yr for 12-yr record (1993-2005). However in some areas (for example, Pacific-Antarctic Ridge) SST and SLA tendencies are stronger $-0.065{\pm}0.007^{\circ}C/yr$ and $-0.21{\pm}0.05$ cm/yr, respectively.

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Variability of Mesoscale Eddies in the Pacific Ocean Simulated by an Eddy Resolving OGCM of $1/12^{\circ}$

  • Yim B.Y.;Noh Y.;You S.H.;Yoon J.H.;Qiu B.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.133-136
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    • 2006
  • The mesoscale eddy field in the North Pacific Ocean, simulated by a high resolution eddy-resolving OGCM ($1/12^{\circ}C$ horizontal resolution), was analyzed, and compared with satellite altimetry data of TOPEX/Poseidon. High levels of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) appear near the Kurosho, North Equatorial Current (NEC), and Subtropical Countercurrent (STCC) in the western part of the subropical gyre. In particlure, it was found that the EKE level of the STCC has a well-defined annual cycle, but no distinct annual cycle of the EKE exists in any other zonal current of the North Pacific Ocean.

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