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Development of UAV Teleoperation Virtual Environment Based-on GSM Networks and Real Weather Effects

  • AbdElHamid, Amr;Zong, Peng
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.463-474
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    • 2015
  • Future Ground Control Stations (GCSs) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) teleoperation targets better situational awareness by providing extra motion cues to stimulate the vestibular system. This paper proposes a new virtual environment for long range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) control via Non-Line-of-Sight (NLoS) communications, which is based on motion platforms. It generates motion cues for the teleoperator for extra sensory stimulation to enhance the guidance performance. The proposed environment employs the distributed component simulation over GSM network as a simulation platform. GSM communications are utilized as a multi-hop communication network, which is similar to global satellite communications. It considers a UAV mathematical model and wind turbulence effects to simulate a realistic UAV dynamics. Moreover, the proposed virtual environment simulates a Multiple Axis Rotating Device (MARD) as Human Machine Interface (HMI) device to provide a complete delay analysis. The demonstrated measurements cover Graphical User Interface (GUI) capabilities, NLoS GSM communications delay, MARD performance, and different software workload. The proposed virtual environment succeeded to provide visual and vestibular feedbacks for teleoperators via GSM networks. The overall system performance is acceptable relative to other Line-of-Sight (LoS) systems, which promises a good potential for future long range, medium altitude UAV teleoperation researches.

Effects of Geography, Weather Variability, and Climate Change on Potato Model Uncertainty

  • Fleisher, D.H.;Condori, B.;Quiroz, R.;Alva, A.;Asseng, S.;Barreda, C.;Bindi, M.;Boote, K.J.;Ferrise, R.;Franke, A.C.;Govindakrishnan, P.M.;Harahagazwe, D.;Hoogenboom, G.;Naresh Kumar, S.;Merante, P.;Nendel, C.;Olesen, J.E.;Parker, P.S.;Raes, D.;Raymundo, R.;Ruane, A.C.;Stockle, C.;Supit, I.;Vanuytrecht, E.;Wolf, J.;Woli, P.
    • Proceedings of The Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference
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    • 2016.09a
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    • pp.41-43
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    • 2016
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Estimation and Prediction of the Heat Load Profile Using Weather and Heating/Cooling Data : An Application of the Multilevel Model (기상자료와 냉난방 실측자료를 이용한 열부하 추정과 예측: 다계층모형의 활용)

  • Moon, Choon-Geol;Kim, Suduk
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.803-832
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    • 2007
  • Electricity and heat load profiles by use types on an hourly basis at the least are essential for assessing economic viability of new cogeneration and CES projects and for optimally operating existing cogeneration and CES facilities. We adopt a multilevel model to specify heat load profiles so as to utilize in a flexible manner the panel nature of our data on weather and heating/cooling use. Converting the multilevel model to the linear mixed-effects model, we estimate the model by panel FGLS. The estimated load profile model for each distinct use type accounts for the effects of temperature, humidity, each hour over the year, each day of the week, each type of legal holidays, and heating/cooling area on energy use. To save space, we feature in detail the heating profile of the household.

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A Study on the Feasibility of Geomagnetic Declination Investigation at Unified Control Points in South Korea (국내 통합기준점에서 지자기 편각 조사의 타당성 연구)

  • Lee, Yong Chang
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.29-38
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    • 2016
  • As publicizing of electromagnetic devices such as smart_phone and drone etc. which are relate with geomagnetic direction, and recognition about the importance to space weather effect and their hazards rises up recently, it is required heavily that the study on the effective measurement of geomagnetic declination and geomagnetic field effects of space weather. The purpose of this study is that the investigation of the feasibility of the absolute geomagnetic measurement in a place, where man-made geomagnetic contamination is low or negligible, with replacing the azimuth marks used for the absolute geomagnetic declination measurement with unified control points(UCP) which established at suburb. Further to this, have first derived the correlation of daily variations and disturbance level between the published indices($K_P$ and $K_K$) and geomagnetic element calculated from geomagnetic data of Cheongyang observatory located at the middle stage in Korea and is a member of INTERMAGNET. In addition, have carried out that the absolute measurement for the geomagnetic declination at three places near unified control point and one place with wide open field in Korea. The world magnetic models(WMMs) are selected as the criteria for comparison on the feasibility of geomagnetic declination investigation near unified control points. We compared deviations of declination from absolute measurement with that obtained from WMMs, also those from WMMs inter-comparison. The result through examination and analysis show that the feasibility of the absolute geomagnetic declination measurement with replacing the azimuth marks with UCP which established at suburb is possible.

Development of Radio Spectrum Monitor for HF Communication (단파 스펙트럼 수신 모니터링 시스템 개발)

  • Park, Sung Won;Kim, Young Yun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.821-827
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    • 2015
  • Electromagnetic waves which are emitted from the Sun due to solar flare explosion can cause failures in HF radio communications in the day-side area of the Earth, that is so-call as Radio Blackouts. The international scale representing the severity of the Radio Blackouts is determined by the solar X-ray flux which is measured by United States Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. However, the scale is not always applicable to HF communication users in the different area on the Earth, because the HF communication effects depend not only on the X-ray strength but also on the subsolar point location. To solve this problem, we developed a HF radio spectrum monitoring system utilizing a spectrum analyzer. This system conducts a real-time measure of the HF spectrum, and automatically calculates signal to noise ratios and the occurrences of the HF blackouts as comparing with the interference level which is described from the ITU recommendation.

A Study on Climate Characteristics of Waterfront in Busan Area (부산지역 워터프런트의 기후특성에 관한 연구)

  • Doe, Geun-Young;Lee, Han-Seok;Koh, Sung-Cheol;Hyun, Beom-Soo;Yoo, Jong-Su
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.465-472
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    • 2002
  • The waterfront has distinct climate characteristics different from urban or inland area. These may create not only the rise of energy and maintenance costs for facilities located at waterfront areas, but also the negative effects on the climate of the nearby inland area, unless these are treated with particular care. For the present study, the climate characteristics of waterfront were examined with climate data of 10 observation points carefully selected in Busan area. Each weather observation point was classified into either waterfront area of inland area, based on the distance from the coastal line. Special considerations were given to the climate data gathered at the Dae-Yeon weather station because it shows the climate characteristics similar to those of inland area, although it is located very near the waterfront area. Results indicates that this peculiar climate condition attributes, at least in part, to the reclamation of frontal coastal area.

A study on the Development of Vertical Air Temperature Distribution Model in Atrium (아트리움의 수직온도 분포해석 프로그램의 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Y.I.;Cho, K.H.;Kim, K.W.
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.3-11
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    • 1997
  • Recently the construction of atrium buildings has increased but along with it many problems in thermal environment have arised. since the exterior wall of glass, indoor temperature is greatly influenced by weather conditions and since the space volume is very large, the vertical air temperature is not uniform. So, in this study, a Vertical Temperature Distribution Model was developed to predict the vertical air temperature of an atrium and evaluate the effects of the design parameters on the air temperature distribution of an atrium. To consider the characteristics of the vertical air temperature distribution in an atrium, the Satosh Togari's Macroscopic Model was used basically for the calculation of the vertical air temperature distribution in large space and the solar radiation analysis model and natural ventilation analysis model in atrium. And to calculate the unsteady-state inside wall surface temperature(boundary condition), the finite difference method was used. For the verification of the developed temperature distribution program, numerical evaluation of air flow by the ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model and in-situ test was conducted in parallel. The results of this study, the developed temperature distribution program was seen to predict the thermal condition of the atrium very accurately.

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An Analysis on the Meaning of Digital light as the Spatial Characteristics of Proun Raum (프로운라움 공간특성에서 나타나는 디지털 조명의 확장적 의미)

  • Jeong, Keun-Young;Kim, You-Sin;Choi, An-Seop
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.89-92
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    • 2008
  • Light is the essential element for people to live and do creative activities in architecture. The meaning of light has been changed as time has changed, and today it has more sophisticated roles. The meaning of light was to create static ambience in the past but it can create dynamic ambience currently. The digital light can be a source which creates this dynamic effects such as a human behavior, thought and weather data, and also creates new realm of spatial experience such as the metaphysical. complex, and illusionary space. These characteristics can be revealed from Proun raum spatial characteristics. This study analyzes the characteristics of proun raum, and also compare such characteristics to the variable meanings of digital light.

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The Effects of Activities and Working Conditions on Fire Accidents on Construction Sites

  • Yi, Kyoo-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.383-389
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    • 2020
  • Accidents on construction sites involving fires do not occur as often as accidents involving falls from height or collapses. However, once a fire accident occurs, there is a high risk of a large number of casualties. Fire on construction sites is affected by working conditions and the types of activities the construction workers are engaged in at the sites. This study aims to identify activities and working conditions at construction sites that are vulnerable to fire, and analyse how they correlate with each other and how they affect the causes and consequences of fire accidents at construction sties. I analysed 40 fire accident reports and listed the situations vulnerable to fire at construction sites considering direct causes, activities, and working conditions. The most dangerous combination of fire hazards can be the heating devices used during rest/sleep in the office/cabin/storage during cold weather. The next most hazardous combination can be sparks arising from painting, waterproofing, insulation, plumbing, or welding/melting work in an underground or confined space.

Use of Space-time Autocorrelation Information in Time-series Temperature Mapping (시계열 기온 분포도 작성을 위한 시공간 자기상관성 정보의 결합)

  • Park, No-Wook;Jang, Dong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.432-442
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    • 2011
  • Climatic variables such as temperature and precipitation tend to vary both in space and in time simultaneously. Thus, it is necessary to include space-time autocorrelation into conventional spatial interpolation methods for reliable time-series mapping. This paper introduces and applies space-time variogram modeling and space-time kriging to generate time-series temperature maps using hourly Automatic Weather System(AWS) temperature observation data for a one-month period. First, temperature observation data are decomposed into deterministic trend and stochastic residual components. For trend component modeling, elevation data which have reasonable correlation with temperature are used as secondary information to generate trend component with topographic effects. Then, space-time variograms of residual components are estimated and modelled by using a product-sum space-time variogram model to account for not only autocorrelation both in space and in time, but also their interactions. From a case study, space-time kriging outperforms both conventional space only ordinary kriging and regression-kriging, which indicates the importance of using space-time autocorrelation information as well as elevation data. It is expected that space-time kriging would be a useful tool when a space-poor but time-rich dataset is analyzed.

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