A space-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR), and a ship automatic identification system (AIS) are the main remote sensors for vessel monitoring in a wide range. Thes...A space-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR), and a ship automatic identification system (AIS) are the main remote sensors for vessel monitoring in a wide range. These three sensors have their own advantages and weaknesses, and they can complement each other in some situations. So it would improve the capability of vessel target detection to use multiple sensors including SAR, HFSWR, and A/S to identify non-cooperative vessel targets from the fusion results. During the fusion process of multiple sensors' detection results, point association is one of the key steps, and it can affect the accuracy of the data fusion and the efficiency of a non-cooperative target's recognition. This study investigated the point association analyses of vessel target detection under different conditions: space- borne SAR paired with AIS, as well as HFSWR, paired with AIS, and the characteristics of the SAR and the HFSWR and their capability of vessel target detection. Then a point association method of multiple sensors was proposed. Finally, the thresholds selection of key parameters in the points association (including range threshold, radial velocity threshold, and azimuth threshold) were investigated, and their influences on final association results were analyzed.展开更多
An effective approach in solving the sea clutter spectrum extraction problem is studied in the paper.Different from the conventional signal to noise ratio(SNR)method based on Doppler frequency or range domain inform...An effective approach in solving the sea clutter spectrum extraction problem is studied in the paper.Different from the conventional signal to noise ratio(SNR)method based on Doppler frequency or range domain information,a method is developed to characterize the differences between the sea echo and those interferences are by signal to interference plus noise ratio(SINR)which jointly utilizing the range,Doppler frequency and azimuth domain information.Furthermore,these differences can be adaptable to adverse conditions by forming the necessary boundaries and constraints in searching of the maximum SINR,which greatly promotes the extraction of sea clutter spectrum.The real high frequency surface wave radar(HFSWR)data demonstrate that the proposed method is less influenced by those interferences and can effectively extract the sea clutter spectrum even under the adverse conditions.Furthermore,it has been shown as an effective method for ship detection and sea state remote sensing of HFSWR.展开更多
This paper studies the development on the first order sea clutter cross section for bistatic high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR). Based on the received first order electric field expression, a closed-form of cro...This paper studies the development on the first order sea clutter cross section for bistatic high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR). Based on the received first order electric field expression, a closed-form of cross sections is derived to account for the case of receiving antenna array being mounted on the shipborne platform. The uniform linear motion and sway motion components are assumed to be responsible for the observed differences in comparison with the bistatic fixed antenna case. Correspondingly, simulations are conducted to study the sea clutter spectral characteristics for these two cases versus different system parameters and sea state conditions. It is shown numerically that the forward motion component will spread the Bragg lines severely and the influence triggered by the sway motion can be explained as the Bessel function modulation of the ordinary sea clutter spectra. The obtained results have important implications in the application of shipborne HFSWR technology to ocean remote sensing and target detection.展开更多
In high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) applications, range and azimuth resolutions are usually lim-ited by the bandwidth of waveforms and the physical dimension of the radar aperture, respectively. In this paper...In high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) applications, range and azimuth resolutions are usually lim-ited by the bandwidth of waveforms and the physical dimension of the radar aperture, respectively. In this paper, we propose a concept of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) HFSWR system with widely sepa-rated antennas transmitting and receiving sparse frequency waveforms. The proposed system can overcome the conventional limitation on resolutions and obtain high resolution capability through this new configura-tion. Ambiguity function (AF) is derived in detail to evaluate the basic resolution performance of this pro-posed system. The advantages of the system of fine resolution and low peak sidelobe level (PSL) are demon-strated by the AF analysis through numerical simulations. The impacts of Doppler effect and the geometry configuration are also studied.展开更多
紧凑型地波雷达是专属经济区内海上船只目标监测预警的重要手段。由于其发射功率低、目标回波信噪比低,在对海上船只目标检测过程中较低的检测概率极易导致目标漏检,采用序贯类方法难以及时起始航迹。对此,本文通过分析杂波和目标的地...紧凑型地波雷达是专属经济区内海上船只目标监测预警的重要手段。由于其发射功率低、目标回波信噪比低,在对海上船只目标检测过程中较低的检测概率极易导致目标漏检,采用序贯类方法难以及时起始航迹。对此,本文通过分析杂波和目标的地理位置以及径向速度随时间变化的特点,提出了一种基于多帧聚类的紧凑型地波雷达海上目标航迹起始方法。该方法利用目标和杂波在连续多帧内运动特征的差异,在具有噪声的基于密度的空间聚类算法(Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise, DBSCAN)求解聚类ε邻域的过程中增加运动特征约束,将各船只目标在多帧内的点迹聚类为不同的簇,实现海上船只目标点迹与杂波点的区分,将簇内点迹按时间顺序顺次连接得到起始航迹。利用仿真与实测紧凑型地波雷达数据开展了航迹起始实验,结果表明,与逻辑法相比,本文方法得到的航迹起始时间平均提前了5.95 min,丢点率平均降低了12.68%,解决了海上弱目标航迹起始时间滞后的问题,适用于杂波区目标与雷达远端船只目标的航迹起始。展开更多
We conducted the drifter trajectory tracking experi- ment for two drifters in the East China Sea, in which the currents were detected by two multi-frequency HFSWRs using the Lagrangetracking method. The tracking drift...We conducted the drifter trajectory tracking experi- ment for two drifters in the East China Sea, in which the currents were detected by two multi-frequency HFSWRs using the Lagrangetracking method. The tracking drifter trajectory shows good agree- ment with the GPS records by qualitative and quantitative analysis that indicates that drifter tracking by HFSWR is valid. In the 12- hour tracking for drifters P1 and P2, the average errors are 1.84 kin, 1.73 kin, and the maximum errors are 3.52 km and 3.12 km, respec- tively. The current measurement is evaluated by an acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP) in-situ observation, and it is the first multi-frequency HFSWR ocean surface monitoring experiment in China. In addition, the main aspects (HFSWR current measurement error, wind, and wave) influencing the tracking accuracy are dis- cussed, and especially the wind factor's impact is analyzed through the wind filed data.展开更多
为提高海事监测中高频地波雷达(High Frequency Surface Wave Radar,HFSWR)对运动目标的检测准确率,提出了一种基于频谱细化和小波尺度谱重排时频分析的运动目标检测算法.对HFSWR的接收信号进行频率细化处理以提高后续时频分析的频率分...为提高海事监测中高频地波雷达(High Frequency Surface Wave Radar,HFSWR)对运动目标的检测准确率,提出了一种基于频谱细化和小波尺度谱重排时频分析的运动目标检测算法.对HFSWR的接收信号进行频率细化处理以提高后续时频分析的频率分辨率;然后,进行基于Morlet小波的时频分析以提取目标的时频分布特征,为提高时频分布的集中性和抑制交叉项干扰,对小波尺度谱进行重排;根据得到的时频分布特征实现可疑目标区的精确检测.实验结果表明:该算法能有效检测多普勒频率相差很小的运动目标以及海杂波附近的运动目标,可用于对常规目标检测算法无法判定的可疑目标区域进行精细、准确的目标检测与分析.展开更多
基金The Special Funds for Fundamental Research Project of China under contract No.2008T04the Marine Scientific Research Special Funds for Public Welfare of China under contract No.200905029
文摘A space-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR), a high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR), and a ship automatic identification system (AIS) are the main remote sensors for vessel monitoring in a wide range. These three sensors have their own advantages and weaknesses, and they can complement each other in some situations. So it would improve the capability of vessel target detection to use multiple sensors including SAR, HFSWR, and A/S to identify non-cooperative vessel targets from the fusion results. During the fusion process of multiple sensors' detection results, point association is one of the key steps, and it can affect the accuracy of the data fusion and the efficiency of a non-cooperative target's recognition. This study investigated the point association analyses of vessel target detection under different conditions: space- borne SAR paired with AIS, as well as HFSWR, paired with AIS, and the characteristics of the SAR and the HFSWR and their capability of vessel target detection. Then a point association method of multiple sensors was proposed. Finally, the thresholds selection of key parameters in the points association (including range threshold, radial velocity threshold, and azimuth threshold) were investigated, and their influences on final association results were analyzed.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61501131,61171180)National Marine Technology Program for Public Welfare(201505002)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(HIT.MKSTISP.2016 26)
文摘An effective approach in solving the sea clutter spectrum extraction problem is studied in the paper.Different from the conventional signal to noise ratio(SNR)method based on Doppler frequency or range domain information,a method is developed to characterize the differences between the sea echo and those interferences are by signal to interference plus noise ratio(SINR)which jointly utilizing the range,Doppler frequency and azimuth domain information.Furthermore,these differences can be adaptable to adverse conditions by forming the necessary boundaries and constraints in searching of the maximum SINR,which greatly promotes the extraction of sea clutter spectrum.The real high frequency surface wave radar(HFSWR)data demonstrate that the proposed method is less influenced by those interferences and can effectively extract the sea clutter spectrum even under the adverse conditions.Furthermore,it has been shown as an effective method for ship detection and sea state remote sensing of HFSWR.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61471144)
文摘This paper studies the development on the first order sea clutter cross section for bistatic high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR). Based on the received first order electric field expression, a closed-form of cross sections is derived to account for the case of receiving antenna array being mounted on the shipborne platform. The uniform linear motion and sway motion components are assumed to be responsible for the observed differences in comparison with the bistatic fixed antenna case. Correspondingly, simulations are conducted to study the sea clutter spectral characteristics for these two cases versus different system parameters and sea state conditions. It is shown numerically that the forward motion component will spread the Bragg lines severely and the influence triggered by the sway motion can be explained as the Bessel function modulation of the ordinary sea clutter spectra. The obtained results have important implications in the application of shipborne HFSWR technology to ocean remote sensing and target detection.
文摘In high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) applications, range and azimuth resolutions are usually lim-ited by the bandwidth of waveforms and the physical dimension of the radar aperture, respectively. In this paper, we propose a concept of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) HFSWR system with widely sepa-rated antennas transmitting and receiving sparse frequency waveforms. The proposed system can overcome the conventional limitation on resolutions and obtain high resolution capability through this new configura-tion. Ambiguity function (AF) is derived in detail to evaluate the basic resolution performance of this pro-posed system. The advantages of the system of fine resolution and low peak sidelobe level (PSL) are demon-strated by the AF analysis through numerical simulations. The impacts of Doppler effect and the geometry configuration are also studied.
文摘紧凑型地波雷达是专属经济区内海上船只目标监测预警的重要手段。由于其发射功率低、目标回波信噪比低,在对海上船只目标检测过程中较低的检测概率极易导致目标漏检,采用序贯类方法难以及时起始航迹。对此,本文通过分析杂波和目标的地理位置以及径向速度随时间变化的特点,提出了一种基于多帧聚类的紧凑型地波雷达海上目标航迹起始方法。该方法利用目标和杂波在连续多帧内运动特征的差异,在具有噪声的基于密度的空间聚类算法(Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise, DBSCAN)求解聚类ε邻域的过程中增加运动特征约束,将各船只目标在多帧内的点迹聚类为不同的簇,实现海上船只目标点迹与杂波点的区分,将簇内点迹按时间顺序顺次连接得到起始航迹。利用仿真与实测紧凑型地波雷达数据开展了航迹起始实验,结果表明,与逻辑法相比,本文方法得到的航迹起始时间平均提前了5.95 min,丢点率平均降低了12.68%,解决了海上弱目标航迹起始时间滞后的问题,适用于杂波区目标与雷达远端船只目标的航迹起始。
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (2006AA09A303)
文摘We conducted the drifter trajectory tracking experi- ment for two drifters in the East China Sea, in which the currents were detected by two multi-frequency HFSWRs using the Lagrangetracking method. The tracking drifter trajectory shows good agree- ment with the GPS records by qualitative and quantitative analysis that indicates that drifter tracking by HFSWR is valid. In the 12- hour tracking for drifters P1 and P2, the average errors are 1.84 kin, 1.73 kin, and the maximum errors are 3.52 km and 3.12 km, respec- tively. The current measurement is evaluated by an acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP) in-situ observation, and it is the first multi-frequency HFSWR ocean surface monitoring experiment in China. In addition, the main aspects (HFSWR current measurement error, wind, and wave) influencing the tracking accuracy are dis- cussed, and especially the wind factor's impact is analyzed through the wind filed data.
文摘为提高海事监测中高频地波雷达(High Frequency Surface Wave Radar,HFSWR)对运动目标的检测准确率,提出了一种基于频谱细化和小波尺度谱重排时频分析的运动目标检测算法.对HFSWR的接收信号进行频率细化处理以提高后续时频分析的频率分辨率;然后,进行基于Morlet小波的时频分析以提取目标的时频分布特征,为提高时频分布的集中性和抑制交叉项干扰,对小波尺度谱进行重排;根据得到的时频分布特征实现可疑目标区的精确检测.实验结果表明:该算法能有效检测多普勒频率相差很小的运动目标以及海杂波附近的运动目标,可用于对常规目标检测算法无法判定的可疑目标区域进行精细、准确的目标检测与分析.