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Generation of Land Surface Temperature Orthophoto and Temperature Accuracy Analysis by Land Covers Based on Thermal Infrared Sensor Mounted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

무인항공기에 탑재된 열적외선 센서 기반의 지표면 온도 정사영상 제작 및 피복별 온도 정확도 분석

  • Park, Jin Hwan (Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation) ;
  • Lee, Ki Rim (Department of Geospatial Information, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Won Hee (School of Convergence & Fusion System Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Han, You Kyung (School of Convergence & Fusion System Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2018.06.21
  • Accepted : 2018.08.19
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

Land surface temperature is known to be an important factor in understanding the interactions of the ground-atmosphere. However, because of the large spatio-temporal variability, regular observation is rarely made. The existing land surface temperature is observed using satellite images, but due to the nature of satellite, it has the limit of long revisit period and low accuracy. In this study, in order to confirm the possibility of replacing land surface temperature observation using satellite imagery, images acquired by TIR (Thermal Infrared) sensor mounted on UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) are used. The acquired images were transformed from JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) to TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) format and orthophoto was then generated. The DN (Digital Number) value of orthophoto was used to calculate the actual land surface temperature. In order to evaluate the accuracy of the calculated land surface temperature, the land surface temperature was compared with the land surface temperature directly observed with an infrared thermometer at the same time. When comparing the observed land surface temperatures in two ways, the accuracy of all the land covers was below the measure accuracy of the TIR sensor. Therefore, the possibility of replacing the satellite image, which is a conventional land surface temperature observation method, is confirmed by using the TIR sensor mounted on UAV.

지표면 온도는 지면-대기의 상호 순환을 이해하는데 중요한 요소로 알려져 있지만 시공간적 변동성이 크기 때문에 정규적인 관측은 거의 이루어지지 못하고 있다. 기존의 지표면 온도는 위성 영상을 이용하여 관측하고 있지만 위성의 특성상 긴 재방문주기와 낮은 정확도의 한계를 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 위성 영상을 활용한 지표면 온도 관측의 대체가능성을 확인하기 위해 무인항공기에 열적외선 센서를 탑재하여 단일 영상을 취득하였다. 취득된 영상은 JPEG 영상에서 TiFF 영상으로 변환하여 정사영상을 제작하였으며 정사영상의 DN값을 이용하여 실제 지표면 온도로 계산하였다. 계산된 피복별 지표면 온도의 정확도를 평가하기 위해 영상촬영과 동시에 적외선 온도계로 직접 관측한 지표면 온도와 비교하였다. 두 가지 방법으로 관측한 지표면 온도를 비교 했을 때, 모든 피복들에 대해서 정확도가 열적외선 센서의 관측 정확도 이하로 나타났다. 따라서 무인항공기에 탑재된 열적외선 센서를 이용하여 기존의 지표면 온도 관측 방법인 위성 영상의 대체 가능성을 확인하였다.

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