Wave height measurement in the Taiwan Strait with a portable high frequency surface wave radar

As an important equipment for sea state remote sensing, high frequency surface wave radar （HFSWR） has received more and more attention. The conventional method for wave height inversion is based on the ratio of the integration of the second-order spectral continuum to that of the first-order region, where the strong external noise and the incorrect delineation of the first- and second-order Doppler spectral regions due to spectral aliasing are two major sources of errors in the wave height. To account for these factors, two more indices are introduced to the wave height estimation, i.e., the ratio of the maximum power of the second-or- der continuum to that of the Bragg spectral region （RSCB） and the ratio of the power of the second harmonic peak to that of the Bragg peak （RSHB）. Both indices also have a strong correlation with the underlying wave height. On the basis of all these indices an empirical model is proposed to estimate the wave height. This method has been used in a three-months long experiment of the ocean state measuring and analyzing ra- dar, type S （OSMAR-S）, which is a portable HFSWR with compact cross-loop/monopole receive antennas developed by Wuhan University since 2006. During the experiment in the Taiwan Strait, the significant wave height varied from 0 to 5 m. The significant wave heights estimated by the OSMAR-S correlate well with the data provided by the Oceanweather Inc. for comparison, with a correlation coefficient of 0.74 and a root mean square error （RMSE） of 0.77 m. The proposed method has made an effective improvement to the wave height estimation and thus a further step toward operational use of the OSMAR-S in the wave height extraction.

Surface tidal currents in the open sea area to the east of the Zhoushan Islands measured with high frequency surface wave radar

Based on the quasi-harmonic analysis of 11 d vector ocean currents obtained from two high frequency sur- face wave radars located at Zhujiajian Island and Shengshan Island, the spatial distribution characteristics of surface tidal currents in the open sea area to the east of the Zhoushan Islands of Zhejiang Province, China are studied. The following conclusions are drawn from the analysis： the tidal current pattern in the open sea area to the east of Zhoushan Islands is primarily regular semidiurnal, which is significantly affected by the shallow water constituents. The directions of the major axes of tidal current ellipses of M2 lie approx- imately in the NW-SE direction. With the increasing of distance away from the coast, the directions of the tidal current ellipses gradually shift toward the E-W direction. The tidal currents are mainly reversing cur- rents. The spatial distribution of probable maximum current velocities decreases gradually from northeast to southwest which is basically in accordance with the spatial distribution of measured maximum current velocities. The residual currents near the coast are larger than those far away from the coast. The directions of the residual currents are basically north by east, and the angle to the due north increases gradually with the increasing distance away from the coast. The topography shows a certain impact on the spatial distri- bution of shallow water constituents, the rotation of tidal currents, the probable maximum currents and the residual currents.

Wave height estimation using the singular peaks in the sea echoes of high frequency radar

The popular methods to estimate wave height with high-frequency（HF） radar depend on the integration over the second-order spectral region and thus may come under from even not strong external interference. To improve the accuracy and increase the valid detection range of the wave height measurement, particularly by the smallaperture radar, it is turned to singular peaks which often exceed the power of other frequency components. The power of three kinds of singular peaks, i.e., those around ±1,±√2 and ±1√2 times the Bragg frequency, are retrieved from a one-month-long radar data set collected by an ocean state monitoring and analyzing radar,model S（OSMAR-S）, and in situ buoy records are used to make some comparisons. The power response to a wave height is found to be described with a new model quite well, by which obvious improvement on the wave height estimation is achieved. With the buoy measurements as reference, a correlation coefficient is increased to 0.90 and a root mean square error（RMSE） is decreased to 0.35 m at the range of 7.5 km compared with the results by the second-order method. The further analysis of the fitting performance across range suggests that the peak has the best fit and maintains a good performance as far as 40 km. The correlation coefficient is 0.78 and the RMSE is 0.62 m at 40 km. These results show the effectiveness of the new empirical method, which opens a new way for the wave height estimation with the HF radar.

Vessel fusion tracking with a dual-frequency high-frequency surface wave radar and calibrated by an automatic identification system

High-frequency surface wave radar（HFSWR） and automatic identification system（AIS） are the two most important sensors used for vessel tracking.The HFSWR can be applied to tracking all vessels in a detection area,while the AIS is usually used to verify the information of cooperative vessels.Because of interference from sea clutter,employing single-frequency HFSWR for vessel tracking may obscure vessels located in the blind zones of Bragg peaks.Analyzing changes in the detection frequencies constitutes an effective method for addressing this deficiency.A solution consisting of vessel fusion tracking is proposed using dual-frequency HFSWR data calibrated by the AIS.Since different systematic biases exist between HFSWR frequency measurements and AIS measurements,AIS information is used to estimate and correct the HFSWR systematic biases at each frequency.First,AIS point measurements for cooperative vessels are associated with the HFSWR measurements using a JVC assignment algorithm.From the association results of the cooperative vessels,the systematic biases in the dualfrequency HFSWR data are estimated and corrected.Then,based on the corrected dual-frequency HFSWR data,the vessels are tracked using a dual-frequency fusion joint probabilistic data association（JPDA）-unscented Kalman filter（UKF） algorithm.Experimental results using real-life detection data show that the proposed method is efficient at tracking vessels in real time and can improve the tracking capability and accuracy compared with tracking processes involving single-frequency data.

Comparison and error analysis of remotely measured waveheight by high frequency ground wave radar

High frequency ground wave radar （HFGWR） has unique advantage in the survey of dynamical factors, such as sea surface current, sea wave, and sea surface wind in marine conditions in coastal sea area. Compared to marine satellite remote sensing, it involves lower cost, has higher measuring accuracy and spatial resolution and sampling frequency. High frequency ground wave radar is a new land based remote sensing instrument with superior vision and greater application potentials. This paper reviews the development history and application status of high frequency wave radar, introduces its remote-sensing principle and method to inverse offshore fluid, and wave and wind field. Based on the author＇s ＂863 Project＂, this paper recounts comparison and verification of radar remote-sensing value, the physical calibration of radar-measured data and methods to control the quality of radar-sensing data. The authors discuss the precision of radar-sensing data＇s inversing on offshore fluid field and application of the assimilated data on assimilation.

Contrast validation test for retrieval method of high frequency ground wave radar

In this paper, on the basis of the working principles of high frequency ground wave radar for retrieval of ocean wave and sea wind elements were used to systematically study the data obtained from contrast validation test in Zhoushan sea area of Zhejiang Province on Oct. 2000, to validate the accuracy of OSMAR2000 for wave and wind parameters, and to analyze the possible error caused when using OSMAR2000 to retrieve ocean parameters.

A Novel Flexible Antenna at Very High Frequency Band for On-Body Applications

This paper proposes a novel flexible antenna design operating at very high frequency(VHF)band for on-body applications such as human body communication(HBC).The antenna consists of back-to-back E-shaped fractal and complimentary structures designed over a thin flex-ible substrate.The overall design working on the principle of fractal geometries and capacitive coupling is highly beneficial to achieve better antenna characteristics even at low frequencies around 35 MHz-45 MHz that are being used for HBC application.The proposed antenna obtained a large bandwidth of around 10.0 MHz in air and a bandwidth of around 8.0 MHz during on-body opera-tion.The antenna has been tested in three different scenarios viz.air,on-body single antenna and on-body communication using two antennas.The insertion loss is reduced to a minimum in all three scenarios,which is quite beneficial for better signal transmission.The size miniaturization with high flexibility in such low frequencies has also been achieved in the paper that makes the proposed design suitable for human body communication applications.

AUTOFOCUSING OF SYNTHETIC HRR RADAR USING STEPPED FREQUENCY WAVEFORMS

Most operating radar systems don′t have sufficient frequency bandwidth to produce high range resolution(HRR) profile of a target. But we can use stepped frequency waveform in a narrow band coherent radar to obtain the HRR profile of a target. For moving targets which are of great importance in practical radar usage, autofocusing,i.e. phase correction, is a necessary and critical step of the synthetic HRR processing. The purpose of autofocusing is to remove the radial motion effect of the target from radar echoes, and only reserve the stepped frequency effect which is the basis of synthetic HRR capability. We investigate two autofocusing approaches for synthetic HRR radars using stepped frequency waveform in this paper. The first is motion fitting method. This method depends on a certain parametric model, and is computationally expensive. Then we propose the iterative dominant scatterer method. It is robust, non parametric and simple in computation in comparison with the motion fitting method. Experimental results based on data acquired by using a metallised scale model B 52 in a microwave anechoic chamber reveal the validity and effectiveness of the method.

Simutaneous radar imaging and velocity measuring with step frequency waveforms

The principle and method of both radar target imaging and velocity measurement simultaneously based on step frequency waveforms is presented. Velocity compensation is necessary in order to obtain the good High resolution range profile since this waveform is greatly sensitive to the Doppler shift. The velocity measurement performance of the four styles is analyzed with two pulse trains consisted of positive and negative step frequency waveforms. The velocity of targets can be estimated first coarsely by using the pulse trains with positive-positive step frequency combination, and then fine by positive-negative combination. Simulation results indicate that the method can accomplish the accurate estimation of the velocity with efficient computation and good anti-noise performance and obtain the good HRRP simultaneously.

HIGH RESOLUTION RANGE PROFILE FORMATION BASED ON LFM SIGNAL FUSION OF MULTIPLE RADARS

This paper presents a new method of High Resolution Range (HRR) profile formation based on Linear Frequency Modulation (LFM) signal fusion of multiple radars with multiple frequency bands. The principle of the multiple radars signal fusion improving the range resolution is analyzed. With the analysis of return signals received by two radars,it is derived that the phase difference between the echoes varies almost linearly with respect to the frequency if the distance between two radars is neg-ligible compared with the radar observation distance. To compensate the phase difference,an en-tropy-minimization principle based compensation algorithm is proposed. During the fusion process,the B-splines interpolation method is applied to resample the signals for Fourier transform imaging. The theoretical analysis and simulations results show the proposed method can effectively increase signal bandwidth and provide a high resolution range profile.

A high frequency vibration compensation approach for ultrahigh resolution SAR imaging based on sinusoidal frequency modulation Fourier-Bessel transform

Ultrahigh resolution synthetic aperture radar(SAR)imaging for ship targets is significant in SAR imaging,but it suffers from high frequency vibration of the platform,which will induce defocus into SAR imaging results.In this paper,a novel compensation method based on the sinusoidal frequency modulation Fourier-Bessel transform(SFMFBT)is proposed,it can estimate the vibration errors,and the phase shift ambiguity can be avoided via extracting the time frequency ridge consequently.By constructing the corresponding compensation function and combined with the inverse SAR(ISAR)technique,well-focused imaging results can be obtained.The simulation imaging results of ship targets demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach.

SAR imagery coding based on blocking high frequency energy matching

A new fractal image compression algorithm based on high frequency energy (HFE) partitioning andmatched domain block searching is presented to code synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. In the hybridcoding algorithm, the original SAR image is decomposed to low frequency components and high frequencycomponents by wavelet transform (WT). Then the coder uses HFE of block to partition and searchthe matched domain block for each range block to code the low frequency components. For the high frequencycomponents, a modified embedded zero-tree wavelet coding algorithm is applied. Experiment resultsshow that the proposed coder obtains about 0. 3dB gain when compared to the traditional fractal coderbased on the quadtree partition. Moreover, the subjective visual quality of the reconstructed SAR imageof the proposed coder outperforms that of the traditional fractal coders in the same compression ratio(CR).

Forecasting of surface current velocities using ensemble machine learning algorithms for the Guangdong−Hong Kong−Macao Greater Bay area based on the high frequency radar data

Forecasting of ocean currents is critical for both marine meteorological research and ocean engineering and construction.Timely and accurate forecasting of coastal current velocities offers a scientific foundation and decision support for multiple practices such as search and rescue,disaster avoidance and remediation,and offshore construction.This research established a framework to generate short-term surface current forecasts based on ensemble machine learning trained on high frequency radar observation.Results indicate that an ensemble algorithm that used random forests to filter forecasting features by weighting them,and then used the AdaBoost method to forecast can significantly reduce the model training time,while ensuring the model forecasting effectiveness,with great economic benefits.Model accuracy is a function of surface current variability and the forecasting horizon.In order to improve the forecasting capability and accuracy of the model,the model structure of the ensemble algorithm was optimized,and the random forest algorithm was used to dynamically select model features.The results show that the error variation of the optimized surface current forecasting model has a more regular error variation,and the importance of the features varies with the forecasting time-step.At ten-step ahead forecasting horizon the model reported root mean square error,mean absolute error,and correlation coefficient by 2.84 cm/s,2.02 cm/s,and 0.96,respectively.The model error is affected by factors such as topography,boundaries,and geometric accuracy of the observation system.This paper demonstrates the potential of ensemble-based machine learning algorithm to improve forecasting of ocean currents.

VHF频段调频广播信号传播特性的测量分析与优化策略

调频广播主要在甚高频(Very High Frequency,VHF)频段传输。VHF频段具有传播距离远、穿透力强、信号稳定等优势,但易受多种因素影响。基于此,首先介绍VHF频段的基本特点和调频广播信号的技术参数,其次介绍VHF频段调频广播信号传播的测量过程,最后从天线的设计和布置、调制、编码技术的应用等方面,提出改善VHF频段调频广播覆盖效果的策略。

VHF/UHF UWB SAR基于通道均衡的RFI抑制方法

对工作于甚高频/超高频(VHF/UHF)波段的超宽带合成孔径雷达(UWB SAR),射频干扰(RFI)会严重恶化图像质量。该文提出了一种基于通道均衡的RFI抑制方法,它能有效地抑制雷达接收信号中的RFI分量,同时保持图像质量。实际的处理结果证实了该算法的有效性。

High resolution GPR and its experimental study

We develop a high resolution ground penetrating radar system （LANRCS-GPR） based on the E5071B Vector Network Analyzer （VNA）. This system takes advantage of a wideband and adjustable frequency domain ground penetrating radar system and adds the characteristics of a network analyzer with ultra-wideband and high precision measurement. It adopts the LAN mode to concatenate system control that reduces construction cost and makes the system easy to expand. The high resolution ground penetrating radar system carries out real time imaging using F-K migration with high calculation efficiency. The experiment results of the system indicate that the LANRCS-GPR system provides high resolution and precision, high signal-to-noise ratio, and great dynamic range. Furthermore, the LANRCS-GPR system is flexible and reliable to operate with easy to expand system functions. The research and development of the LANRCS-GPR provide the theoretical and experimental foundation for future frequency domain ground penetrating radar production and also can serve as an experimental platform with high data gathering precision, enormous information capability, wide application, and convenient operation for electromagnetic wave research and electromagnetic exploration.

针-板局部放电VHF信号与放电量之间的等量关系

为研究局部放电高频信号与视在放电量之间的关系,系统推导了针板空气间隙局部放电甚高频(VHF)信号的峰峰电压、累积能量与视在放电量分别存在的线性函数和二次函数关系,通过大量的实验数据进行了验证,从理论和实验上证明了用标定的方法可解决高频法测量局部放电的定量问题。比对研究表明,在极不均匀电场的情况下,由于存在的空间电荷对放电的发展有阻碍,使得空气间隙距离越大其临近间隙击穿电压时的局部放电量越小。该研究结果对用高频法定量检测电力设备局部放电具有重要的参考价值和指导作用。

平凉黄土高原地闪VHF辐射特征分析

利用亚微秒级时间分辨率的VHF辐射接收系统与快电场变化测量仪,对甘肃平凉黄土高原雷暴过程中地闪VHF辐射及相应电场变化特征进行了分析研究,发现负地闪回击前VHF辐射与快电场变化在时间上有很好的对应关系。回击前后300μs内的VHF辐射波形可以归纳为三种类型,90%的负地闪首次回击过程VHF辐射波形属于第三类,表现为连续脉冲贯穿回击过程,平均持续时间为600μs;同负地闪相比,正地闪回击过程产生的连续辐射持续时间较长。统计表明,负地闪首次回击过程辐射峰值出现在回击启动后10～100μs,算术平均值为45μs;继后回击启动后10～260μs辐射达到峰值,算术平均值为91μs。首次回击过程辐射峰值强度往往大于梯级先导过程,与回击主峰后主通道分支产生的电磁辐射较强有关。

基于图像分割的VHF SAR叶簇隐蔽目标差值变化检测

本文针对甚高频合成孔径雷达(VHF SAR)图像中树林区域后向散射呈现快速起伏的特点,提出了一种基于图像分割的叶簇隐蔽目标差值变化检测方法,该方法首先采用自动多阈值分割算法对参考图像进行分割以降低后向散射起伏对检测性能的影响,而后采用一种新的概率模型对分割后各图像区域的杂波分布分别进行准确估计以进一步提高算法的性能.实验结果表明本文方法较之其它算法具有更优的检测性能.

气压对VHF-PECVD制备的μc-Si∶H薄膜特性影响的研究

本文主要研究了用VHF PECVD方法制备的不同工作气压的微晶硅薄膜样品。结果表明 :沉积速率随反应气压的增大而逐渐增大 ;光敏性 (光电导 /暗电导 )和激活能测试结果给出了相同的变化规律 ;傅立叶红外测试、X射线衍射和室温微区喇曼谱的结果都表明了样品的晶化特性 ;