• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.719-730
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• 2014

Small BAseline Subset (SBAS) technique using multi master interferograms can be effective to detect surface deformation in forest area. In this paper, The analysis reveals area of 2-dimension surface deformation at Seguam Island in Aleutian Arc., Alaska. We acquired ERS-1/2 data from track 201 and 473 datasets on Seguam Island from 1992 to 2008. This study analyze surface deformation applying Differential Interferometry Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) and SBAS time series method using two adjacent tracks. As a results, it was calculated that subsidence -1~2 cm in LOS direction and - 2~3 cm in vertical direction. The horizontal direction was repeated contraction and expansion. The observation of 2-dimension displacements explained the volcanic activity on Seguam island. Also, it is believed to be used for basic data to estimate movements of magma source.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.139-146
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• 2017

A ground moving target's velocity estimation algorithm applicable for a SAR-GMTI system using 2 channel displaced phase center antenna(DPCA) is proposed. In this algorithm, we assume target's across-track velocity can be estimated by along-track interferometry (ATI) and present a method to estimate target's along-track velocity. To accomplish this method, we first transform a radar-target geometry in which a moving target has zero velocity via altering a radar velocity such that target's velocity is reflected into it and next manipulate the spectral centers of the subapertures within the synthetic aperture. The validity of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated through simulation results showing the performance of the target's velocity estimation and the enhancement of reconstructed target image quality in terms of resolution and SINR.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.3-3
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• 2023

수자원위성은 C-band 영상레이더(synthetic aperture radar, SAR)를 탑재한 중형급의 수자원 관리 및 수재해 감시 전용 위성이다. 수자원위성은 물 환경과 관련된 다양한 분야에 활용되어 고부가가치의 정보를 제공할 것으로 예상되는데, 특히 시계열 레이더 간섭기법(SAR interferometry, InSAR)의 적용을 통해 댐·보와 같은 수자원시설물의 미세변위 탐지 및 안정성 평가에 효과적으로 사용될 것으로 기대된다. 시계열 영상레이더 간섭기법은 고정산란체를 이용하는 Persistent Scatterer InSAR(PSInSAR) 기법과 분산산란체 기반의 Small BAseline Subset(SBAS) InSAR 기법으로 대표된다. 이 연구에서는 수자원위성에 적합한 수리시설물 시계열 변위 모니터링 알고리즘 개발을 목적으로, Sentinel-1 위성의 C-band SAR 기반 시계열 레이더 간섭기법의 적용성을 평가하고 알고리즘 개발에 고려해야 할 사항들을 분석하였다. 2020년 여름 수재해가 발생한 섬진강댐과 담양댐 및 수변부를 테스트 사이트로 선정하고, 2019년부터 2021년까지의 Sentinel-1 시계열 SAR 영상에 PSInSAR와 SBAS InSAR를 적용하여 시계열 변위를 관측하였다. 댐체에서는 PSInSAR가 SBAS InSAR에 비해 신뢰할 수 있는 시계열 변위를 산출하였다. 그러나 시계열 분석 기간이 길어짐에 따라 PSInSAR 시계열 변위의 정밀도가 낮아지는 경향이 관측되었다. 수변부에서 PSInSAR는 변위 정보를 거의 제공하지 못했다. SBAS InSAR는 수변부의 시계열 변위 모니터링에 효과적이었으나, 여름철 장마 등으로 인해 레이더 간섭도의 긴밀도(coherence)가 낮아질 경우 부정확한 변위를 산출하였다. 앞으로 국내의 다양한 수자원시설물을 대상으로 Sentinel-1 위성을 이용한 시계열 변위 모니터링 알고리즘의 적용성 평가 연구가 진행될 예정이며, 연구 결과를 수자원위성의 관측 특성에 적합한 변위 탐지 알고리즘의 개발에 활용하고자 한다.

• Geosciences Journal
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1069-1080
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• 2018

The Alaskan Aleutian Islands form one of the world's largest volcanic island chains. The islands are exposed to both direct and indirect damage from continuous volcanic eruptions. Surface deformation is mostly observed before volcanic eruption, but with some volcanoes, such as Ontake Volcano, deformations cannot be detected. In this study, we analyzed volcanic eruptions in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands, which is a region of frequent volcanic eruptions. Based on our results, we predicted the type of eruption that would occur on Baekdusan Volcano according to the presence or absence of surface deformation. For this purpose, 10 sites were selected from areas where recent volcanic activity had occurred in the Aleutian Islands. Additionally, Advanced Land Observing Satellite Phased Array-type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (ALOS-PALSAR) and European Remote Sensing (ERS)-1/2 satellite data were obtained from 10 experimental sites. Based on the radar satellite data, the volcanic surface deformations were identified, and the characteristics of the volcanic eruption were quantitatively calculated by determining the presence of surface deformation. The results of this study should facilitate the process of correlation between volcanic eruption and surface deformation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.147-156
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• 2005

SAR interferometry (InSAR) is a technique to generate 3-Dimentional spatial information using complex data pairs observed by antennas at different locations. In case of the Two-pass differential SAR inteferometry (DInSAR), the topographic phase signature can be separated from the contribution of surface deformation in the interferometric phase. In this study, InSAR and DInSAR were implemented with ERS- l/2 tandem pair to produce DEM. The accuracy of the Resulting DEMs was analyzed.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.383-389
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• 2009

The main objective of the research is a feasibility study on the intertidal zone using a X-band radar satellite, TerraSAR-X. The TerraSAR-X data have been acquired in the west coast of Korea where large tidal flats, Ganghwa and Yeongjong tidal flats, are developed. Investigations include: 1) waterline and backscattering characteristics of the high resolution X-band images in tidal flats; 2) polarimetric signature of halophytes (or salt marsh plants), specifically Suaeda japonica; and 3) phase and coherence of interferometric pairs. Waterlines from TerraSAR-X data satisfy the requirement of horizontal accuracy of 60 m that corresponds to 20 cm in average height difference while current other spaceborne SAR systems could not meet the requirement. HH-polarization was the best for extraction of waterline, and its geometric position is reliable due to the short wavelength and accurate orbit control of the TerraSAR-X. A halophyte or salt marsh plant, Suaeda japonica, is an indicator of local sea level change. From X-band ground radar measurements, a dual polarization of VV/VH-pol. is anticipated to be the best for detection of the plant with about 9 dB difference at 35 degree incidence angle. However, TerraSAR-X HH/TV dual polarization was turned to be more effective for salt marsh monitoring. The HH-HV value was the maximum of about 7.9 dB at 31.6 degree incidence angle, which is fairly consistent with the results of X-band ground radar measurement. The boundary of salt marsh is effectively traceable specifically by TerraSAR-X cross-polarization data. While interferometric phase is not coherent within normal tidal flat, areas of salt marsh where the landization is preceded show coherent interferometric phases regardless of seasons or tide conditions. Although TerraSAR-X interferometry may not be effective to directly measure height or changes in tidal flat surface, TanDEM-X or other future X-band SAR tandem missions within one-day interval would be useful for mapping tidal flat topography.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.192-192
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• 2017

In this paper we showed the application of European Space Agency's C-band Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery to identify land subsidence in a heavily groundwater pumping area. We used the repeat pass satellite interferometry method in combination with persistent scattering (PS) interferometric technique to generate and analyze twenty-eight interferograms for the period October 2014 to November 2016. The interferometry results show that land subsidence is more pronounced in the urban areas. Excessive groundwater pumping in the study area is believed to be the main reason for land subsidence. The results are compared with the subsidence rate measured by GPS as reported in other studies and with the mean change in total water storage field of GRACE solutions provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) and the Center for Space Research (CSR). The comparison shows persistently decreasing trends during the period of study. A strong reliance of the trend of land subsidence on the temporal decline in total water storage proposes that much of the land subsidence can be attributed to heavy pumping of the groundwater.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.7-16
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• 2011

This study discussed the applicability of satellite SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imagery with regard to reservoir monitoring, and tried the extraction of reservoir storage from multi-temporal C-band RADARSAT-1 SAR backscattering images of Yedang and Goongpyeong agricultural reservoirs, acquired from May to October 2005. SAR technology has been advanced as a complementary and alternative approach to optical remote sensing and in-situ measurement. Water bodies in SAR imagery represent low brightness induced by low backscattering, and reservoir storage can be derived from the backscatter contrast with the level-area-volume relationship of each reservoir. The threshold segmentation over the routine preprocessing of SAR images such as speckle reduction and low-pass filtering concluded a significant correlation between the SAR-derived reservoir storage and the observation record in spite of the considerable disagreement. The result showed up critical limitations for adopting SAR data to reservoir monitoring as follows: the inappropriate specifications of SAR data, the unreliable rating curve of reservoir, the lack of climatic information such as wind and precipitation, the interruption of inside and neighboring land cover, and so on. Furthermore, better accuracy of SAR-based reservoir monitoring could be expected through different alternatives such as multi-sensor image fusion, water level measurement with altimeters or interferometry, etc.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.221-228
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• 2005

Baekdusan is a Cenozoic stratovolcano in which a series of micro-seismic events and gaseous emissions have been reported in 1990s. Two-pass DInSAR technique was applied to determine displacement in the volcano by using 10 ERS SAR and 41 JERS-1 SAR datasets. Most interferometric phases out of 58 JERS-1 differential interferograms showed concentric fringe patterns that correlated with elevation. From an analysis of fringe-duration relation, the fringe patterns were found to be severely distorted specifically by stratified troposphere. To estimate the tropospheric delay, we used the data in the Sobaeksan located about 20 km away from the summit of Baekdusan. The maximum and mean magnitudes of the phase delay in the Baekdusan were respectively 13.8 cm and 3.8 cm over 1200 m in altitude. After removing tropospheric effects, a mean inflation rate was estimated to be about 3 mm per year from 1992 to 1998. Although the inflation rate of the volcano is inconclusive without ground truth data, the results indicate that there exists slow upward deformation in the Baekdusan volcano.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.440-440
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• 2022

1970년대부터 집중 건설 된 우리나라의 다목적댐, 홍수조절댐, 용수전용댐 등의 대형 국가 수자원시설물들의 '고령화'가 급속히 진행되어 수리구조물에 대한 안정성을 주기적으로 파악할 수 있는 정밀안전모니터링 체계 구축이 시급한 시점이다. 주기적인 정밀안전모니터링 방법들 중에는 위성 등을 활용한 원격관측 기술들이 최근 시도되고 있다. 위성 영상레이더(SAR; Synthetic Aperture Radar)는 마이크로파 대역의 전자기파를 송·수신하는 능동센서로 날씨 및 주·야간에 영향을 받지 않고 지표면 관측이 가능한 장점이 있다. 특히, 고정산란체 영상레이더 간섭(PSInSAR; Permanent Scatterer Interferometry SAR)기법은 영상레이더 영상에서 긴밀도(coherence)가 상대적으로 높은 수자원시설물과 같은 고정산란체의 위상(phase) 정보를 이용하여 mm급의 측정민감도로 시계열 변위 분석이 가능하다. 또한, 여러 장의 InSAR 영상을 생성하였기 때문에 DEM 오차, 위성궤도 오차, 대기 성분에 의한 지연 오차 등을 보다 정밀하게 제거할 수 있는 장점이 있다 본 연구에서는 국내 중대형 수자원시설물의 정밀안전모니터링을 위하여 고정산란체 영상레이더 간섭 기법을 영암금호방조제, 영주댐, 소양강댐 등에 적용하여 시계열 변위 분석을 수행하였다. 2014년 11월부터 2022년 3월(현재)까지 획득된 Sentinel-1 SLC(Single Look Complex) 위성자료의 상승(Ascending) 궤도 126장 및 하강(Descending)궤도 187장을 각각 활용하였다. 두 위성궤도를 모두 활용하여 수직, 수평 변위 등 3차원 분석을 수행하였으며, 특히 소양강댐 GPS 관측 자료와 정확도 검증에서 연평균 2mm의 RMSE를 보였다. 이를 통해 위성 원격탐사 기술로도 댐, 보, 방조제와 같은 수자원시설물에 대한 시계열 변위 분석을 통한 댐 안전관리가 가능함을 보여주고 있다. 2025년 발사될 국내 C-밴드 SAR 탑재 수자원위성 개발을 통해 한반도 재방문주기를 단축시킴으로써, 한반도 전역의 수자원시설물 정밀안전진단체계 구축이 가능할 것으로 기대된다.