GIS-based cost distance modelling to support strategic maritime search and rescue planning: A feasibility study     

《Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England)》2015

Geographic information system (GIS) based methodologies are widely used to various problems. However, its potential for application to strategic maritime search and rescue (SAR) planning remains largely unexplored. To investigate the applicability of GIS-based tools to this problem, this paper presents an approach to evaluate accessibility and response times in a sea area. Such information aids to objectify the response effectiveness of a SAR system, which is important for rational resource allocation. The presented methodology accounts for the main characteristics of maritime response, namely spatial accessibility, capabilities of search and rescue units (SRUs) and prevailing wave conditions, which affect the attainable SRU speeds. An application to the Finnish areas of the Gulf of Finland is shown. Despite the existence of some difficulties with currently available tools (e.g. accurate and user-friendly spatial wave models and challenges with using raster-based methods in topologically complex areas) and limitations in knowledge (e.g. the SRU capabilities in actual operations), the results indicate that the methodology provides good opportunities for enhancing maritime decision making.  相似文献   

Development of a snow wetness inversion algorithm using polarimetric scattering power decomposition model     

《International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation》2015

In this paper, a new snow wetness estimation model is proposed for full-polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. Surface and volume are the dominant scattering components in wet-snow conditions. The generalized four component polarimetric decomposition with unitary transformation (G4U) based generalized surface and volume parameters are utilized to invert snow surface and volume dielectric constants using the Bragg coefficients and Fresnel transmission coefficients respectively. The snow surface and volume wetness are then estimated using an empirical relationship. The effective snow wetness is derived from the weighted averaged surface and volume snow wetness. The weights are derived from the normalized surface and volume scattering powers obtained from the generalized full-polarimetric SAR decomposition method. Six Radarsat-2 fine resolution full-polarimetric datasets acquired over Himachal Pradesh, India along with the near-real time in situ measurements were used to validate the proposed model. The snow wetness derived from the SAR data by the proposed model with in situ measurements indicated that the absolute error at 95% confidence interval is 1.3% by volume.  相似文献   

TanDEM-X双站SAR干涉测量及研究进展     

孙亚飞  江利明  柳林  孙永玲  汪汉胜 《国土资源遥感》2015,(1)

较全面、系统地介绍了Tan DEM-X/Terra SAR-X双站SAR科学计划,重点涉及其科学目标、Tan DEM-X卫星参数、轨道结构以及干涉数据获取模式等相关内容,并讨论了双站SAR成像、极化In SAR和数字波束成形等干涉测量新技术及其研究进展。这些双站SAR新技术的实现将大大地推动SAR干涉测量在全球地形测绘、冰川学、海洋学及地质学等领域中的应用。  相似文献   

合成孔径雷达森林资源监测技术研究综述     

李增元  赵磊  李堃  陈尔学  万祥星  徐昆鹏 《南京气象学院学报》2020,12(2):150-158

合成孔径雷达（Synthetic Aperture Radar,SAR）技术凭借其全天时、全天候的成像能力以及对森林垂直结构信息敏感的特点,在森林资源监测中具有独特的优势,已成为当前森林资源遥感调查技术的研究热点.本文首先介绍了SAR森林资源监测技术的发展背景、发展轨迹和相关知识;然后,重点阐述了极化SAR、干涉SAR、极化干涉SAR和层析SAR在林地覆盖类型分类、变化检测以及森林参数定量化估测应用中的技术方法;最后,就SAR在森林资源监测研究和应用中存在的问题与发展趋势进行了总结与展望.  相似文献   

Combining optical spectroscopy and interferometry     

S. Kraus 《Astronomische Nachrichten》2014,335(1):51-58

Modern optical spectrographs and optical interferometers push the limits in the spectral and spatial regime, providing important new tools for the exploration of the Universe. In this contribution I outline the complementary nature of spectroscopic and interferometric observations and discuss different strategies for combining such data. Most remarkable, the latest generation of “spectro‐interferometric” instruments combine the milliarcsecond angular resolution achievable with interferometry with spectral capabilities, enabling direct constraints on the distribution, density, kinematics, and ionization structure of the gas component in protoplanetary disks. I will present some selected studies from the field of star‐ and planet formation and hot star research in order to illustrate these fundamentally new observational opportunities. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)  相似文献   

Dust scattering in the Miras R Car and RR Sco resolved by optical interferometric polarimetry     

M. J. Ireland  P. G. Tuthill  J. Davis  W. Tango 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,361(1):337-344

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Smear fitting: a new image-deconvolution method for interferometric data     

Robert I. Reid 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(4):1766-1780

A new technique is presented for producing images from interferometric data. The method, 'smear fitting', makes the constraints necessary for interferometric imaging double as a model, with uncertainties, of the sky brightness distribution. It does this by modelling the sky with a set of functions and then convolving each component with its own elliptical Gaussian to account for the uncertainty in its shape and location that arises from noise. This yields much sharper resolution than clean for significantly detected features, without sacrificing any sensitivity. Using appropriate functional forms for the components provides both a scientifically interesting model and imaging constraints that tend to be better than those used by traditional deconvolution methods. This allows it to avoid the most serious problems that limit the imaging quality of those methods. Comparisons of smear fitting to clean and maximum entropy are given, using both real and simulated observations. It is also shown that the famous Rayleigh criterion (resolution = wavelength/baseline) is inappropriate for interferometers as it does not consider the reliability of the measurements.  相似文献   

Electric field representation of pulsar intensity spectra     

M. A. Walker  D. R. Stinebring 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,362(4):1279-1285

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Multiwavelength diameters of nearby Miras and semiregular variables     

M. J. Ireland  P. G. Tuthill  T. R. Bedding  J. G. Robertson  A. P. Jacob 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,350(1):365-374

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Colour-differential interferometry for the observation of extrasolar planets     

M. Vannier  R. G. Petrov  B. Lopez  F. Millour 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,367(2):825-837

We present the high angular resolution technique of colour-differential interferometry for direct detection of extrasolar giant planets (EGPs). The measurement of differential phase with long-baseline ground-based interferometers in the near-infrared could allow the observation of several hot giant extrasolar planets in tight orbit around the nearby stars, and thus yield their low- or mid-resolution spectroscopy, complete orbital data set and mass. Estimates of potentially achievable signal-to-noise ratios are presented for a number of planets already discovered by indirect methods. The limits from the instrumental and atmospheric instability are discussed, and a subsequent observational strategy is proposed.  相似文献