Direction-of-Arrival Estimation in the Presence of Unknown Nonuniform Noise Fields

A new method for estimating directions-of-arrival (DOA) of multiple spatial narrowband signals in the presence of spatially nonuniform independent sensor noise with unknown covariance is presented. An estimate of the colored noise-covariance matrix is given first. The received data for parameter estimation is then prewhitened using the estimated noise covariance, hence, overcoming the highly biased estimates. Furthermore, the performance improvement of standard MUSIC method is confirmed by computer simulations.     

地波雷达目标检测跟踪联合处理粒子滤波方法

针对固定粒子数PF-TBD算法计算量大、复杂环境下地波雷达海上船只目标检测与跟踪性能不佳的问题,本文将粒子滤波方法应用于地波雷达船只目标检测与跟踪中,提出了基于自适应粒子滤波的地波雷达目标检测与跟踪联合处理方法。该方法结合地波雷达回波谱中目标展宽特性,充分利用了地波雷达回波谱中面目标的粒子权重信息来设置粒子自适应采样策略,提高了目标检测和跟踪联合处理的效果。通过地波雷达实测数据的目标跟踪结果及与同步AIS信息的比对分析,结果表明:提出的检测跟踪联合处理方法在对低信噪比、快速机动等复杂环境下的多目标跟踪时,可提高目标整体跟踪性能。     

基于弧段检测的高频地波雷达特定目标航迹跟踪方法研究

本文对现有的高频地波雷达目标跟踪方法进行了概述,提出了一种地波雷达目标长时连续跟踪的方法,基本思想是:充分挖掘航迹弧段特征,基于特征对船只运动建模,并结合杂波背景进行融合决策。进一步,为了达到长时间连续跟踪的需求,借鉴深度学习的思想,利用新获取的弧段数据对算法估计结果不断递归校正,使得随着获取数据的增加跟踪越准确。该方法适用于杂波环境且在航道附近存在众多干扰船只的情况下对机动目标航迹的实时稳定跟踪,为高频地波雷达在复杂干扰环境下特定目标持续跟踪提供理论基础和方法指导,为充分发挥地波雷达在海上监视监测中的作用提供技术支撑。     

高频地波雷达海上目标航迹跟踪新思路

高频地波雷达是对海上运动目标进行监视监测的一种重要手段,为了提高地波雷达对海上特定目标独立跟踪探测时的性能,本文对高频地波雷达海上目标跟踪技术的研究现状进行了综述,分析总结了目前航迹跟踪方法存在的主要问题。结合海上目标跟踪的实际应用需求,借助目前流行的深度学习方法充分挖掘其他同步探测手段获取的目标信息,提出了基于知识辅助的特定目标跟踪方法,改善后续地波雷达对特定目标独立跟踪时的航迹质量,初步的航迹跟踪结果验证了提出方法的有效性。提出的地波雷达特定目标跟踪方法对目标跟踪方法的理论研究及地波雷达目标跟踪系统的业务化应用均具有重要意义及参考价值。     

Performance comparison of high resolution bearing estimationalgorithms using simulated and sea test data

The performance of both the Capon and the MUSIC high resolution bearing estimation algorithms is investigated using both simulated data and sea test data collected with an experimental planar array. The major problem with these estimators is their sensitivity to both system errors and deviations from the assumed noise model. To alleviate this problem, two methods for preprocessing the data before they are input into the high-resolution algorithm are investigated: beam space and sector focused stability. The performance of both high-resolution estimators is examined, using both types of preprocessing, and the results are compared with those for the standard element-space (ES) techniques, assuming both finite cross-spectral-matrix (CSM) averaging errors and weakening target strengths. For the Capon estimator the performance is only superior to the standard element space technique when the CSM is calculated using a small number of averages. For the MUSIC estimator, both preprocessing techniques give clearly superior results over standard space techniques, with the SFS preprocessor performing the best     

基于AIS信息校准的双频地波雷达的船只融合跟踪

高频地波雷达（HFSWR）和自动船只确认系统（AIS）是船只跟踪的重要传感器。高频地波雷达可以用来跟踪探测区域的所有船只，而AIS只能用来确认合作船只的信息。由于海杂波的干扰，使用单频率地波雷达的船只跟踪会淹没在布拉格峰值的盲区里，改变探测频率是克服这一缺点的有效手段。在这种背景下，我们提出一种基于AIS校准的双频雷达融合探测算法。因为不同频率的地波雷达测量与AIS的测量值存在系统误差，所以AIS信息可以用来估计和校准地波雷达的每个频率的系统误差。首先，将合作目标的点迹测量与地波雷达的点迹测量通过JVC分配算法进行点迹关联。从合作船只的点迹关联结果中，双频雷达的系统误差可以估计和校准。其次，基于校准的双频雷达数据，使用融合JPDA-UKF算法进行船只跟踪。通过真实探测的数据的实验结果显示所提算法可以实时跟踪船只，相比单频率跟踪可以进一步提高跟踪能力和跟踪精度。     

船只目标SAR、HFSWR和AIS多手段融合探测的点迹关联分析

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.     

基于AIS距离-多普勒投影的地波雷达CFAR检测验证方法

恒虚警(CFAR)检测是地波雷达船只目标探测的主要方法。目前基于船舶自动识别系统(AIS)信息的CFAR检测验证方法是一种间接验证方式,容易受地波雷达系统测向误差的影响,且不具备对错检与漏检目标的分析能力。本文提出了一种基于AIS信息的评价地波雷达CFAR检测结果的直接验证方法。该方法将有效的AIS信息转换到地波雷达的距离-多普勒谱中,通过在该谱中AIS信息与CFAR检测结果的关联分析,实现CFAR检测结果的直接评价。论文首先给出了方法的原理和处理流程,然后利用实测数据给出了该方法在CFAR检测结果评价中的实际应用,验证了方法有效性,而且该方法也为低可观测目标的CFAR检测提供了参数优化调整的依据。     

Angular-spectral decomposition beamforming for acoustic arrays

The method of principal component beamforming described in this paper is an array data reduction method that allows one to observe the statistically uncorrelated components of wave energy arriving at an array of acoustic sensors. The method can be used to process array data so as to observe and identify the sources of noise, both environmental and self noise. After identifying the sources of noise, the method of principal components can be used to discriminate signal from noise. The method can be applied to active systems (subbottom profilers) as well as passive systems. A model of isotropic noise and incident bandlimited plane waves is used to study array resolution and bandwidth effects. Experimental data from a2 times 3planar acoustic array were used to identify sources of hydro-flow related noise in an underwater vehicle. In all cases studied, the technique provides a maximum spatial information analysis method to the observer.     

高频地波雷达海杂波的边界约束循环对消

在对海洋监视监测的过程中,高频地波雷达的船只目标检测能力与其对海杂波的抑制能力密切相关。但是,传统海杂波时域抑制方法存在目标回波参数与海杂波相近时难以区分其各自分量,对消时目标被误消除的问题。针对上述问题,本文提出了一种适用于高频地波雷达海杂波的边界约束循环对消方法。该方法综合海杂波频移理论和实际海杂波特性分析制定出边界条件,约束建模对消过程,实现海杂波分量的抑制。实测地波雷达数据和船舶自动识别系统(AIS)数据检验的结果表明,本文方法克服了传统方法的不足且信杂比改善更加稳定,能够更加有效地实现海杂波循环对消。     

1509号台风灿鸿期间“朱家尖-嵊山”高频地波雷达数据分析

2007年在朱家尖和嵊山布设了小型阵变频高频地波雷达,对共同覆盖范围内的舟山海域进行风、浪、流的业务化探测。2015年7月11日,1509号台风灿鸿在朱家尖沿海登陆,之后继续向北偏东方向移动,台风中心经过高频地波雷达探测海域。本文将台风期间高频地波雷达的探测数据分别与定点浮标观测数据和ASCAT卫星遥感大面积风场数据进行了对比分析。结果表明,高频地波雷达在台风期间较好地反映了舟山海域流场特征和风场分布情况,高频地波雷达的探测数据精度满足指标要求,验证了高频地波雷达在复杂海况条件下具有合格的探测性能。     

尺度自适应分层多阈值热红外遥感舰船检测

针对热红外遥感图像由于低对比度、条带噪声、低空间分辨率等特点而导致的检测效果不佳问题,提出了一种近岸舰船目标尺度自适应选择分层多阈值检测方法。采用舰船模板图像尺度归一化高斯拉普拉斯函数取极大值准则进行尺度自适应选择,利用所选的高斯多尺度空间差分多阈值筛选进行近岸舰船检测,并根据不同类型舰船模板图像尺度和分块数选择对热红外图像舰船目标检测的影响进行验证实验。实验结果表明:所提方法能根据模板尺度特征滤除相似区域,通过设置合理尺度和阈值参数能实现有效检测,且具有一定的抗噪能力。     

便携式高频地波雷达台湾海峡浪高观测

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-order 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 radar, 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.     

噪声相关时多通道带乘性噪声系统最优滤波

针对多通道乘性噪声系统问题的实际需要 ,推广 Rajasekaran滤波算法 ,利用线性最小方差的概念和投影公式 ,导出含有乘性噪声统计特性参数阵特殊乘法运算的新息协方差矩阵 ,并利用这个中间矩阵 ,在观测为多通道 ,且各个通道的乘性噪声不同 ,以及系统的动态噪声和观测噪声同时刻相关的情况下 ,导出状态递推滤波算法 ,该算法在线性最小方差意义下是最优的。并对该算法进行仿真研究 ,仿真结果表明了该算法的有效性     

Robust broadband beam-forming based on the feature of underwater target radiated noise

To the problem of the unknown underwater target detection, according to the feature that the underwater target radiated noise contains the stable line spectrum, a weighted method based on the main-to-side lobe ratio (MSLR) is proposed for broadband beam-forming. This weighted method can be implemented by using the following steps. Firstly, optimize the spatial spectrum of each frequency unit by the second-order cone programming (SOCP), and obtain the optimized spatial spectrum with lower side lobe. Secondly, construct weighting factors based on the MSLR of the optimized spatial spectrums to from weight factors. Lastly, cumulate the spatial spectrum of each frequency unit via the weight statistical method of this paper. This method can restrain the disturbance of background noise, enhance the output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and overcome the difficulty of traditional four-dimensional display. The theoretical analysis and simulation results both verify that this method can well enhance the spatial spectrum of line spectrum units, restrain the spatial spectrum of background noise units, and improve the performance of the broadband beam-forming.     

Tikhonov正则化法在重力场最小二乘配置逼近理论中的应用

最小二乘配置法由于其能融合不同种类重力观测数据进行局部重力场逼近的特性而受到广泛关注,但最小二乘配置结果的不稳定严重影响该方法的推广应用。 基于对重力观测量协方差矩阵的谱分解,分析出该协方差矩阵存在病态性,协方差矩阵的求逆过程是信号放大的非平稳过程,微小的观测误差会被协方差矩阵的小奇异值放大,从而导致配置结果的不稳定且精度偏低。 引入 Tikhonov 正则化算法,通过 L 曲线法选择正则化参数,利用正则化参数修正重力观测量协方差矩阵的小奇异值,能抑制其对观测误差的放大影响。 通过以 EGM2008 重力场模型分别计算的山区、丘陵和海域重力异常作为基础数据确定相应区域大地水准面的实验,验证了本文算法的有效性。     

Internal wave spectrum in shallow water: measurement and comparisonwith the Garrett-Munk model

The covariance matrix of sound-speed variations is determined from yo-yo CTD data collected during the SWARM 95 experiment at a fixed station. The data covered approximately 2 h and were collected during a period when nonlinear solitary internal waves were absent or negligible. The method of empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) is applied to the sound-speed covariance matrix assuming that the internal wave modes are uncorrelated. The first five eigenvectors are found to agree well with the theoretically modeled eigenfunctions based on the measured buoyancy frequency and the internal wave eigenmode equation. The mode amplitudes for the first five modes are estimated from the corresponding eigenvalues. They agree with the Garrett-Munk model if j*=1 is used instead of j*=3. A second method is used to deduce the mode amplitudes and mode frequency spectra by projecting the sound-speed variation (as a function of time) onto the theoretical mode depth functions. The mode amplitudes estimated with this method are in agreement with the EOF results. A modified Garrett-Munk model is proposed to fit the frequency spectrum of linear internal waves in shallow water     

高频地波雷达海面有效波高探测实验研究

利用安装于福建龙海的OSMAR071高频地波雷达和位于雷达波束范围内金门料罗湾口的波浪浮标在2008年11月1日至2009年4月30日半年期间的观测结果,对Barrick波高模型进行改进和模型系数拟合、标定,讨论了改进模型系数的稳定性。结果表明,该模型能适应噪声和干扰等因素对宽波束雷达有效波高探测结果的影响。雷达观测反演回报的有效波高与浮标观测结果对比,二者时间序列的均方根误差为0.39m,相关系数为0.67。     

HF radar ocean current algorithm based on MUSIC and the validation experiments

Wuhan University's ocean state measuring and analyzing radar (OSMAR2000), working at around 7.5 MHz in the low region of the HF band with a 120-m-long linear receiving antenna array, can measure ocean surface current at ranges of up to 200 km. An ocean surface current algorithm based on direction finding (DF) using the multiple signal classification (MUSIC) method is developed for the OSMAR2000 radar. This paper describes the OSMAR2000 ocean surface current algorithm based on MUSIC and the validation experiments in the East China Sea. The results of the ocean surface current measurements demonstrate that the OSMAR2000 ocean surface current algorithm based on MUSIC is feasible for the long range of ocean surface current mapping with a sufficient bearing resolution.