• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.591-600
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• 2018

Recent SAR systems provide fully polarimetric SAR data, which is known to be useful in a variety of applications such as disaster monitoring, target recognition, and land cover classification. The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of polarization SAR data for landslide detection. The detectability of different SAR parameters was investigated based on the supervised classification approach. The classifier used in this study is the Adaptive Boosting algorithms. A fully polarimetric L-band PALSAR-2 data was used to examine landslides caused by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Kyushu, Japan. Experimental results show that fully polarimetric features from the target decomposition technique can provide improved detectability of landslide site with significant reduction of false alarms as compared with the single polarimetric observables.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.531-546
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• 2009

The main objective of this study is to analyse the polarimetric characteristics of the various terrain targets by ground-based polarimetric SAR system and to confirm the compatible and effective polarimetric analysis method to reveal the polarization properties of different terrain targets by the GB-SAR. The fully polarimetric GB-SAR data with HH, HV, VH, and VV components were focused using the Deramp-FFT (DF) algorithm. The focused GB-SAR images were processed by the H/A/$\alpha$ polarimetric decomposition and the combined H/$\alpha$ or H/A/$\alpha$ and Wishart classification method. The segmented image and distribution graphs in H/$\alpha$ plane using Cloude and Pottier's method showed a reliable result that this quad-polarization GB-SAR data could be useful to classified corresponding scattering mechanism. The H/$\alpha$-Wishart and H/A/$\alpha$-Wishart classification results showed that a natural media and an artificial target were discriminated by the combined classification, in particular, after applying multi-looking and the Lee refined speckle filter.

• IUGG한국위원회:학술대회논문집
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• IUGG한국위원회 2003년도 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.14-14
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• 2003

SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) is an imaging radar which can scan and image Earth System targets without solar illumination. Most Earth observation Shh systems operate in X-, C-, S-, L-, and P-band frequencies, where the shortest wavelength is approximately 1.5 cm. This means that most opaque objects in the SAR signal path become transparent and SAR systems can image the planetary surface targets without sunlight and through rain, snow and/or even volcanic ash clouds. Most conventional SAR systems in operation, including the Canada's RADARSAT-1, operate in one frequency and in one polarization. This has resulted in black and with images, with which we are familiar now. However, with the launching of ENVTSAT on March 1 2002, the ASAR system onboard the ENVISAT can image Earth's surface targets with selected polarimetric signals, HH+VV, HH+VH, and VV+HV. In 2004, Canadian Space Agency will launch RADARSAT-II, which is C-band, fully polarimetric HH+VV+VH+HV. Almost same time, the NASDA of Japan will launch ALOS (Advanced land Observation Satellite) which will carry L-band PALSAR system, which is again fully polarimetric. This means that we will have at least three fully polarimetric space-borne SAR system fur civilian operation in less than one year. Are we then ready for this new all weather Earth Observation technology\ulcorner Actual imaging process of a fully polarimetric SAR system is not easy to explain. But, most Earth system scientists, including geologists, are familiar with polarization microscopes and other polarization effects in nature. The spatial resolution of the new generation of SAR systems have also been steadily increased, almost to the limit of highest optical resolution. In this talk some new applications how they are used for Earth system observation purpose.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.313-322
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• 2019

SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) 원격탐사 관측 자료는 폭우나 태풍으로 인해 넓은 지역에 걸쳐 발생할 수 있는 산사태 피해 지역을 신속하게 탐지하는데 매우 유용한 도구이다. 본 연구의 목적은 산사태 발생 이후에 관측이 수행된 다중 편광 SAR 자료를 이용하여 산사태 지역을 자동으로 분류하는 효과적인 알고리즘을 개발하는 것이다. 실험적인 분석을 바탕으로 SAR 관측 자료로부터 산사태를 탐지하기 위해서는 SAR 영상의 스펙클 현상을 줄여주는 스펙클 필터와 경사진 지형에서의 기하왜곡을 보정하는 정사보정이 필수적임을 확인하였고, IDAN 필터를 적용하여 스펙클을 줄이고 다중 편광 파라미터를 추정한 후에 정사보정을 수행하는 것이 산사태 탐지를 위해 적합한 처리 과정임을 제시하였다. 또한 다양한 다중 편광 파라미터에 대한 탐지 성능 분석을 통해 entropy 파라미터가 산사태 탐지에 좋은 성능을 보임을 파악하였다. 이러한 분석을 토대로 다중 편광 파라미터에 대한 자동적인 문턱값 설정과 DEM을 보조적으로 사용하는 산사태 탐지 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 탐지 알고리즘은 2011년 9월 태풍 탈라스에 의해 발생한 산사태에 대해 관측을 수행한 ALOS-2위성의 PALSAR-2 자료를 이용하여 실험적인 평가를 수행하였고, 약 82%의 탐지율과 3%의 오경보율로 산사태를 탐지 할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 calibration된 scatterometer를 이용하여 SAR 데이터를 보정하는 연구 결과를 선보인다. 도체구를 이용하여 안테나 주빔에서의 polarimetric한 안테나 패턴(크기와 위상)을 측정하고, 이 데이터를 이용하여 차량 탑재형 네트워크 분석기형 scatterometer 시스템을 polarimetric하게 정확하게 보정하였다. 이 scatterometer를 이용하면 잔디밭, 논, 맨땅 등의 지표면에 대한 정확한 Mueller 행렬을 얻을 수 있으므로, 레이더 산란계수뿐만 아니라 위상변수들도 정확하게 측정하게 된다. 또한, 대부분의 SAR 시스템에는 위상변수 측정에 에러가 있게되고, polarimetric하게 보정된 scatterometer로 SAR가 측정하는 지역을 동시에 측정하여 SAR 데이터를 교정할 수 있다. 이러한 polarimetric한 보정 방법을 이용하면, 산란계수의 보정효과는 크지 않으나, hh-편파와 vv-편파간의 위상변수인 degree of correlation $\alpha$의 보정효과는 매우 큼을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 서남극해에 위치한 Wilkinson 빙하주변에 존재하는 다양한 산란특징을 보이는 빙산을 고해상도 C-밴드RADARSAT-2의 다중편파 합성구경레이더 (SAR) 자료를 이용하여 탐지할 수 있는 기법을 연구 하였다. 다중편파 SAR 자료에 적용할 수 있는 다양한 기법 들 중 전자기파 산란 특성을 파악할 수 있는 Freeman-Durden decomposition, H/A/$\bar{\alpha}$ decomposition, 그리고 entropy (H)와 anisotropy(A) 기법 들과, 다중편파 SAR자료의 분류를 위해 Wishart 무감독 분류법을 연구지역 SAR 자료에 적용 하였다. 그 결과, Freeman Durden, H/A/$\bar{\alpha}$ decomposition을 이용한 기법들은 대부분의 빙산들을 잘 분류 하였지만 해빙과 비슷한 표면 산란과 체적 산란을 가지고 있는 빙산은 구분되지 않았다. 반면, H와 A의 조합 변수 중 하나인 [1-H][1-A] 변수를 이용한 무감독 분류법은 이러한 빙산들을 잘 구분하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.1433-1435
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• 2003

Very decisive progress was made in advancing fundamental POL-IN-SAR theory and algorithm development during the past decade. This was accomplished with the aid of airborne & shuttle platforms supporting single -to-multi-band multi-modal POL-SAR and also some POL-IN-SAR sensor systems, which will be compared and assessed with the aim of establishing the hitherto not completed but required missions such as tomographic and holographic imaging. Because the operation of airborne test-beds is extremely expensive, aircraft platforms are not suited for routine monitoring missions which is better accomplished with the use drones or UAVs. Such unmanned aerial vehicles were developed for defense applications, however lacking the sophistic ation of implementing advanced forefront POL-IN-SAR technology. This shortcoming will be thoroughly scrutinized resulting in the finding that we do now need to develop most rapidly POL-IN-SAR drone-platform technology especially for environmental stress-change monitoring with a great variance of applications beginning with flood, bush/forest-fire to tectonic-stress (earth-quake to volcanic eruptions) for real-short-time hazard mitigation. However, for routine global monitoring purposes of the terrestrial covers neither airborne sensor implementation - aircraft and/or drones - are sufficient; and there -fore multi-modal and multi-band space-borne POL-IN-SAR space-shuttle and satellite sensor technology needs to be further advanced at a much more rapid phase. The existing ENVISAT with the forthcoming ALOSPALSAR, RADARSAT-2, and the TERRASAT will be compared, demonstrating that at this phase of development the fully polarimetric and polarimetric-interferometric modes of operation must be viewed and treated as preliminary algorithm verification support modes and at this phase of development are still not to be viewed as routine modes.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.405-409
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• 2004

We chose the Kushiro wetland in Hokkaido, Japan, as a test site to monitor wetland areas. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can carry out continuous observation in any weather conditions, and can therefore be used to observe high humidity areas such as wetlands. We applied multi-parameter SAR data (dual-frequency, multi-polarization, and multi-incidence angle) to monitoring the wetland forest. To find the optimum incidence angle and polarization for monitoring the wetland biomass, a simple backscattering model of wetland vegetation was developed and applied to estimate backscattering coefficients for different biomass and surface conditions.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2004년도 대한지구물리학회.한국지구물리탐사학회 공동학술대회 초록집
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• pp.3-17
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• 2004

Space-borne Earth observation technique is one of the most cost effective and rapidly advancing Earth science research tools today and the potential field and micro-wave radar applications have been leading the discipline. The traditional optical imaging systems including the well known Landsat, NOAA - AVHRR, SPOT, and IKONOS have steadily improved spatial imaging resolution but increasing cloud covers have the major deterrent. The new Earth observation satellites ENVISAT (launched on March 1 2002, specifically for Earth environment observation), ALOS (planned for launching in 2004 - 2005 period and ALOS stands for Advanced Land Observation Satellite), and RADARSAT-II (planned for launching in 2005) all have synthetic aperture radar (SAR) onboard, which all have partial or fully polarimetric imaging capabilities. These new types of polarimetric imaging radars with repeat orbit interferometric capabilities are opening up completely new possibilities in Earth system science research, in addition to the radar altimeter and scatterometer. The main advantage of a SAR system is the all weather imaging capability without Sun light and the newly developed interferometric capabilities, utilizing the phase information in SAR data further extends the observation capabilities of directional surface covers and neotectonic surface displacements. In addition, if one can utilize the newly available multiple frequency polarimetric information, the new generation of space-borne SAR systems is the future research tool for Earth observation and global environmental change monitoring. The potential field strength decreases as a function of the inverse square of the distance between the source and the observation point and geophysicists have traditionally been reluctant to make the potential field observation from any space-borne platforms. However, there have recently been a number of potential field missions such as ASTRID-2, Orsted, CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE. Of course these satellite sensors are most effective for low spatial resolution applications. For similar objects, AMPERE and NPOESS are being planned by the United States and France. The Earth science disciplines which utilize space-borne platforms most are the astronomy and atmospheric science. However in this talk we will focus our discussion on the solid Earth and physical oceanographic applications. The geodynamic applications actively being investigated from various space-borne platforms geological mapping, earthquake and volcano .elated tectonic deformation, generation of p.ecise digital elevation model (DEM), development of multi-temporal differential cross-track SAR interferometry, sea surface wind measurement, tidal flat geomorphology, sea surface wave dynamics, internal waves and high latitude cryogenics including sea ice problems.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.582-585
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• 2004

Oyster fanning structures in tidal flats are well detected by SAR system. Each frame of these artificial structures is composed of two vertical and one horizontal wooden pole. We investigate characteristics of polarimetric features in the target structures. In this paper, the results of AIRSAR L-band POLSAR data and experiments in laboratory are discussed. The ratio of single bounce to double bounce scattering depends of vertical pole height, direction of horizontal pole to radar look direction, and incidence angle as well as sea surface condition. We have conducted laboratory experiments. According to target scale, Ku-band and targets downsized by scale of 10 are used. The results of the experiments are summarized as: i) total power of the backscattering is more affected by vertical poles than a horizontal pole; ii) and backscattering from a horizontal pole is sensitive to the relative radar look direction to target array. We conclude that water level can be effectively measured by using interferometric phase and backscattering intensity if vertical poles in the water are observed by L-band HH- or VV-polarization. Measurement of tide height can be further improved if double bounced components are separated from fully polarized SAR data.