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Technology Trend in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery Analysis Tools

SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar) 영상 분석도구 개발기술 동향

  • Received : 2021.08.11
  • Accepted : 2021.08.18
  • Published : 2021.08.31
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Abstract

Recently, the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has been increasingly in demand due to its advantage of being able to observe desired points regardless of time and weather. To utilize SAR data, first of all, many pre-processing such as satellite orbit correction, radiometric calibration, multi-looking, and geocoding are required. For analysis of SAR imagery such as object detection, change detection, and DEM(Digital Elevation Model), additional processings are needed. These pre-processing and additional processes are very complex and require a lot of time and computational resources. In order to handle the SAR images easily, the institutions that use SAR images develop analysis tools and provide users. This paper introduces the function and characteristics of representative SAR imagery analysis tools.

합성 개구 레이다(SAR, synthetic aperture radar)는 주야간 및 기상 조건에 구애받지 않고 원하는 지점을 관측할 수 있다는 장점으로 인해 최근 그 수요가 점점 늘어나고 있다. SAR 위성으로 관측한 원시 데이터는 위성궤도보정, 방사보정, multi-looking, geocoding과 같은 전처리 과정이 필요하며, 사용자의 목적에 따라 물체 탐지, 변화탐지, DEM(Digital Elevation Model) 등 영상 활용을 하기 위해서는 추가적인 처리 과정이 요구된다. 이러한 전처리와 연산과정은 매우 복잡하며 많은 시간과 컴퓨팅 자원을 필요로 한다. 주로 SAR 영상을 활용하는 기관에서는 영상을 편리하고 쉽게 처리하기 위해 각 기관의 활용 목적에 맞는 분석도구를 개발하여 사용 및 외부 수요자들에게 제공하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 국내외에서 이용하고 있는 대표적인 SAR 분석도구들의 기능 및 특성에 대해 소개하고자 한다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 환경부 한국환경산업기술원의 수요대응형 물공급서비스 연구사업(2019002650003)에 의해 수행되었습니다.

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