• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2014

We present preliminary observations of the field-aligned-irregularities (FAIs) in the E and F regions during the solar minimum (2009 - 2010) using the 40.8 MHz coherent backscatter radar at Daejeon ($36.18^{\circ}N$, $127.14^{\circ}E$, $26.7^{\circ}N$ dip latitude) in South Korea. The radar, which consists of 24 Yagi antennas, observes the FAIs using a single beam with a peak power of 24 kW. The radar has been continuously operated since December 2009. Depending on the manner of occurrence of the backscatter echoes, the E-region echoes are largely divided into two types: quasi-periodic (QP) and continuous echoes. Our observations show that the QP echoes occur frequently above an altitude of 105 km in the post-sunset period and continuous echoes occur preferentially around an altitude of 105 km in the post-sunrise period. QP echoes appear as striated discrete echoes for a period of about 10 - 20 min. The QP-type echoes occur more frequently than the continuous-type echoes do and the echo intensity of the QP type is stronger than that of the continuous type. In the F region, the FAIs occur at night at an altitude interval of 250 - 450 km. As time proceeds, the occurrence height of the FAIs gradually increases until early in the morning and then decreases. The duration of the F-region FAIs is typically a few hours at night, although, in rare cases, FAIs persist throughout the night or appear even after sunrise. We discuss the similarities and differences of the FAIs observed by the Daejeon radar in comparison with other radar observations.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.535-544
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• 2020

In synthetic aperture radar (SAR) based ship detection application, false alarms frequently occur due to various noises caused by the radar imaging process. Among them, radio frequency interference (RFI) and azimuth smearing produce substantial false alarms; the latter also yields longer length estimation of ships than the true length. These two noises are prominent at cross-polarization and relatively weak at co-polarization. However, in general, the cross-polarization data are suitable for ship detection, because the radar backscatter from background sea surface is much less in comparison with the co-polarization backscatter, i.e., higher ship-sea image contrast. In order to improve the ship detection accuracy further, the RFI and azimuth smearing need to be mitigated. In the present letter, Sentinel-1 VV- and VH-polarization intensity data are used to show a novel technique of removing these noises. In this method, median image intensities of noises and background sea surface are calculated to yield arithmetic tendency. A band-math formula is then designed to replace the intensities of noise pixels in VH-polarization with adjusted VV-polarization intensity pixels that are less affected by the noises. To verify the proposed method, the adaptive threshold method (ATM) with a sliding window was used for ship detection, and the results showed that the 74.39% of RFI false alarms are removed and 92.27% false alarms of azimuth smearing are removed.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.804-810
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• 2006

본 논문은 후방 산란 계수 및 지표면 특성(ground truth)에 대한 측정 방법을 기술하며 후방 산란 계수 측정값과 radiative transfer 이론을 적용하여 개발된 산란 모델을 비교함으로써 산란 모델의 정확성을 검증한다. R 밴드 $(1.7\sim2.0GHz)$의 주파수 대역에서 polarimetric scatterometer 시스템으로 한강생태공원의 수풀 지형에서의 후방 산란 계수를 입사 각도의 변화와 지표면 수분 함유량의 변화에 따라 측정한다. 이 측정 결과를 지표 산란 모델과 비교한 결과 동일 편파의 경우 비교적 잘 일치하며 교차 편파의 경우 보정을 해줌으로써 산란 모델의 정확성을 얻을 수 있다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume I
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• pp.520-523
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• 2006

Whereas it is well known that the surface roughness parameters, the RMS height and the correlation length, of a natural soil surface are underestimated with a short surface profile, it is not clear how much the underestimated surface parameters affect the backscattering coefficients of the surface for various incidence angles and polarizations. The backscattering coefficients of simulated and measured surface profiles are computed using the integral equation method (IEM) and analyzed in this paper to answer this question. It is shown that the RMS error of the backscattering coefficients between 5-m- and 1-m-long measured surface profiles is 1.7 dB for vv-polarization and 0.5 dB for hh-polarization at a medium range of incidence angle ($15^{\circ}{\leq}{\theta}{\leq}70^{\circ}$), while the surface roughness parameters are significantly reduced; from 2.4 cm to 1.5 cm for the RMS height s and from 35.1 cm to 10.0 cm for the autocorrelation length l. This result is verified with numerous simulations with various roughness conditions and various wavelengths.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.37-37
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• 2003

Rice is one of the most important crop in the world and is a major export of Thailand. Optical sensors are not useful for rice monitoring, because most cultivated areas are often obscured by cloud during the growing period, especially in South East Asia. Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) such as RADARSAT, can see through regardless of weather condition which make it possible to monitor rice growth and to retrieve rice acreage, using the unique temporal signature of rice fields. This paper presents the result of a study of examining the backscatter behavior of rice using multi-temporal RADARSAT dataset. Ground measurements of paddy parameters and water and soil condition were collected. The ground truth information was also used to identify mature rice crops, orchard, road, residence, and aquaculture ponds. Land use class distributions from the RADARSAT image were analyzed. Comparison of the mean DB of each land use class indicated significant differences. Schematic representation of temporal backscatter of rice crop were plotted. Based on the study carried out in Pathum Thani Province test site, the results showed variation of sigma naught from first tillering vegatative phase until ripenning phase. It is suggested that at least, three radar data acquisitions taken at 3 stages of rice growth circle namely; those are at the beginning of rice growth when the field is still covered with water, in the ear differentiation period, and at the beginning of the harvest season, are required for rice monitoring. This pilot project was an experimental one aiming at future operational rice monitoring and potential yield predicttion.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.89-102
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• 1987

Microwave remote sensing plays a major role in areas where cloud cover and darkness prevail. In this and the next paper, models are described for the radar backscatter from two major types of sea ice in an attempt to specify optimum sensor parameters and to allow the most reliable image interpretation possible. Here, the physical-optics model using an exponential correlation function is shown to be able to presict the signatures of first-year ice under cold conditions. The effect of volume scattering by small inclusions in the first-year ics is shown to be negligible using a semi-empirical volume scattering model.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2014

SAR 영상은 관측시간과 기상현상 등의 외부 환경 영향을 받지 않고 수시로 데이터 취득이 가능하며 광학영상보다 광범위한 관측 영역을 포함하기 때문에 레이더간섭기법 (InSAR)을 이용한 토지피복분류 기법은 큰 이점을 갖는다. 본 연구에서는 L밴드 ALOS PALSAR의 후방산란계수와 긴밀도를 이용한 새로운 토지피복분류 기법을 개발하고 최근 화산 폭발 가능성으로 인해 주목받고 있는 백두산 지역에 시험 적용하였다. 새로운 토지피복분류 체계는 ALOS PALSAR의 HH, HV편광 모드의 영상을 InSAR 시계열 상에서 패킷의 형태로 재구성하고 주성분 분석을 도입하여 분류의 신뢰도 향상을 시도하였다. 또한 MODIS 등 광학 영상 기반 분류와 상호 검증하여 정확도를 확인하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.297-304
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• 2010

Since the change in Doppler centroid according to moving targets brings alteration to the phase in azimuth differential signals of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data, one can measure the velocity of the moving targets using this effect. In this study, we will investigate theoretically measuring the velocity of an object from azimuth differential signals by using range compressed data which is the interim outcome of treatment from the simulated SAR raw data of moving targets on the background of sea clutter. Also, it will provide evaluation for the elements that affect the estimation error of velocity from a single SAR sensor. By making RADARSAT-1 simulated image as a specific case, the research includes comparisons for the means of velocity measurement classified by the directions of movement in the four following cases. 1. A case of a single target without currents, 2. A case of a single target with tidal currents of 0.5 m/s, 1 m/s, and 3 m/s, 3. A case of two targets on a same azimuth line moving in a same direction and velocity, 4. A case of a single target contiguous to land where radar backscatter is strong. As a result, when two moving targets exist in SAR image outside the range of approximately 256 pixels, the velocity of the object can be measured with high accuracy. However, when other moving targets exist in the range of approximately 128 pixels or when the target was contiguous to the land of strong backscatter coefficient (NRCS: normalized radar cross section), the estimated velocity was in error by 10% at the maximum. This is because in the process of assuming the target's location, an error occurs due to the differential signals affected by other scatterers.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2021

We report, for the first time, the afternoon (i.e., from noon to sunset time) observations of the northern mid-latitude E-region field-aligned irregularities (FAIs) made by the very high frequency (VHF) coherent backscatter radar operated continuously since 29 December 2009 at Daejeon (36.18°N, 127.14°E, 26.7°N dip latitude) in South Korea. We present the statistical characteristics of the mid-latitude afternoon E-region FAIs based on the continuous radar observations. Echo signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the afternoon E-region FAIs is found to be as high as 35 dB, mostly occurring around 100-135 km altitudes. Most spectral widths of the afternoon echoes are close to zero, indicating that the irregularities during the afternoon time are not related to turbulent plasma motions. The occurrence of afternoon E-regional FAI is observed with significant seasonal variation, with a maximum in summer and a minimum in winter. Furthermore, to investigate the afternoon E-region FAIs-Sporadic E (E_s) relationship, the FAIs have also been compared with E_s parameters based on observations made from an ionosonde located at Icheon (37.14°N, 127.54°E, 27.7°N dip latitude), which is 100 km north of Daejeon. The virtual height of E_s (h'E_s) is mainly in the height range of 105 km to 110 km, which is 5 km to 10 km greater than the bottom of the FAI. There is no relationship between the FAI SNR and the highest frequencies (f_tE_s) (or blanket frequencies (f_bE_s)). SNR of FAIs, however, is found to be related well with (f_tE_s-f_bE_s).

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2001

굴절 지수 구조 매개 변수(refractive index structure parameter) $C_n^2$의 증가는 보통 가온위(virtual potential temperature) ${\theta}_v$와 혼합비(mixing ratio) q의 연직 기울기가 최대가 되는 고도에서 발생하며, 대류 경계층(convective boundary layer)의 고도를 추정하는데 있어서 매우 유용한 매개 변수로 사용된다. 이 연구에서는 대류 경계층 고도의 추정에 이용되는 $C_n^2$ 첨두의 발생 특성이 조사되었으며, 또한 UHF 레이더로 관측된 $C_n^2$와 연직 속도의 분산 ${\sigma}_w$ 자료를 이용하여 대류 경계층 고도를 객관적으로 추정하는 방법이 제시되었다. UHF 레이더의 $C_n^2$ 연직 분포에서 첨두는 대류 경계층의 정상부뿐만 아니라 잔류층의 정상부나 구름층에서도 발생하였다. 약한 태양 복사로 연직 혼합이 뚜렷하지 않은 경우에 대류 경계층 고도에 상응하는 $C_n^2$ 첨두는 레윈존데(rawinsonde) 관측 자료로부터 추정된 대류 경계층 고도보다 약간 낮았다. 반면에, 강한 태양 복사에 의해 연직 혼합이 강하고 유입대에서 ${\theta}_v$와 q의 연직 기울기가 매우 클 경우에 대류 경계층 고도에 상응하는 $C_n^2$ 첨두는 레윈존데 관측 자료로부터 추정된 대류 경계층 고도와 잘 일치하였다. $C_n^2$ 첨두의 고도를 대류 경계층 고도로 결정하는 최대 후방 산란 강도 방법(maximurn backscatter intensity method)은 $C_n^2$ 연직 분포에서 하나의 첨두가 있을 경우에는 오류 없이 대류 경계층 고도를 추정하였지만 대류 경계층 고도 위에 잔류층이나 구름층이 있을 경우에는 대류 경계층 고도를 잘못 추정하였다. 본 연구에서 새로이 제시된 방법은 UHF 레이더의 $C_n^2$와 ${\sigma}_w$ 자료를 이용하여 대류 경계층 고도로부터 오는 $C_n^2$ 첨두를 잔류층이나 구름층으로부터 오는 $C_n^2$ 첨두로부터 구별하여 오류 없이 대류 경계층 고도를 추정하였다. 또한 이 방법은 대류 경계층 고도의 일반화 추정에 적용되었으며, 후방 산란 강도의 연직 분포에서 두개의 첨두가 존해할 경우에도 더욱 신뢰성 있고 안정되게 대류 경계층 고도를 실시간으로 추정하였다.