A Keystone Transform Without Interpolation for SAR Ground Moving-Target Imaging

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image formation for a ground moving target necessitates the compensation of the unknown target trajectory. The keystone transform has been employed to remove the linear component of the range migration for the moving target, where interpolation is required. In this letter, a realization of the keystone transform avoiding interpolation is presented. The kernel of this transform, i.e., the range-frequency-dependent azimuth time rescaling, is implemented using only complex multiplications and fast Fourier transforms based on the scaling principle, which has been successfully applied in the equalization of the space-variant range cell migration in SAR processing. In addition, the moving target is coarsely focused according to the SAR geometry and the platform velocity while exploiting the scaling principle. This preliminary focusing is helpful in the isolation of the moving target from ground clutter, so as to facilitate a more refined processing with respect to each mover. SAR raw data combined with simulated echoes of moving targets are utilized to validate the presented approach     

High-Resolution Forecast Models of Water Vapor Over Mountains: Comparison With MERIS and Meteosat Data

Propagation delay due to variable tropospheric water vapor (WV) is one of the most intractable problems for radar interferometry, particularly over mountains. The WV field can be simulated by an atmospheric model, and the difference between the two fields is used to correct the radar interferogram. Here, we report our use of the U.K. Met Office Unified Model in a nested mode to produce high-resolution forecast fields for the 3-km-high Mount Etna volcano. The simulated precipitable-water field is validated against that retrieved from the Medium-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) radiometer on the Envisat satellite, which has a resolution of 300 m. Two case studies, one from winter (November 24, 2004) and one from summer (June 25, 2005), show that the mismatch between the model and the MERIS fields ( rms = 1.1 and 1.6 mm, respectively) is small. One of the main potential sources of error in the models is the timing of the WV field simulation. We show that long-wavelength upper tropospheric troughs of low WV could be identified in both the model output and Meteosat WV imagery for the November 24, 2004 case and used to choose the best time of model output.     

《数字航空摄影测量测图规范第1部分：1∶500 1∶1000 1∶2000数字高程模型数字正射影像图数字线划图》制定情况说明

数字航空摄影测量法是测绘成果生产的重要方法。规定数字航空摄影测量法生产大比例尺数字测绘成果的作业方法和技术要求,对生产作业的各项技术内容进行约定和规范,有利于指导数字测绘成果生产,对保障作业质量具有重要意义。对该标准的编制原则、制定情况和主要问题作了说明。     

Modest Maps的Flash网络地图发布与应用

本文分析了Adobe Flash技术在网络地图发布前端技术上的优势和应用现状,选择开源Flash地图组件Modest Maps作为开发工具,在其上添加了一些组件模块,以"5.12地震信息显示"为示例,实现了基于Modest Maps的Falsh网络地图发布和简单的空间分析.     

Self-calibration Applied in Converting Simulation Surveying

In the field of converting simulation surveying and traditional close range photogrammetry, it has been developed so far to survey objects by commercial digital camera and this technique is applied widely in every part of production. In order to get three-dimensional information of objects, commercial digital camera must be examined. For a long time, digital camera has been examined by DLT. Then there must be a high-precision control field. For realizing surveying without control points, a method for self-calibration is proposed.     

Observation on height changes of chinese tide gauges by GPS

IntroductionBecause of global temperature rising and glacierthawing,the sea level has risen about 10-25 cmin the past century[1]. The sea level change isone of the main ai ms in global change monito-ring. Presently the basic tool used in sea levelmonitori…     

Photogrammetry Education for Multidisciplinary Geomatics in China

IntroductionThe word photogrammetry comes from Greekwords photos ( meaning “light”) , gramma( meaning that which is drawn or written) andmetron ( meaning“to measure”) . It originallysignifies measuring graphically by means oflight[1].The development o…     

GIS支持下森林火场蔓延的空间模拟

林火扩展具有时间和空间特征。对火场模拟必须建立在空间背景数据库之上，即在地理信息系统和遥感技术的辅助下完成。森林火灾的发生发展有内在和外在因素的影响，内在因素包括了可燃物类型、可燃物湿度、地形，考虑这些因素形成了像元尺度植被燃烧基本历时图；外在因素主要是气候的影响，文中利用生成的植被起火概率图控制像元是否起火。在火场扩展中将Ｒｏｔｈｅｒｍｅｌ模型和经验模型结合使用，并考虑了坡度和风向带方向的因素的影响。最后利用迷宫算法在计算机上实现了火场在地理信息系统支持下的空间蔓延动态模拟。     

GIS中多用户环境下数据共享一致性问题研究

讨论了GIS中多用户环境下数据一致性问题,着重研究了由于某个用户修改其他用户已读数据所产生的不一致以及由于用户UNDO/REDO后产生的不一致。对于前者,本文提出了一种\     

Study on Sampling Rule and Simplification of LiDAR Point Cloud Based on Terrain Complexity

It is difficult to obtain digital elevation model (DEM) in the mountainous regions. As an emerging technology, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is an enabling technology. However, the amount of points obtained by LiDAR is huge. When processing LiDAR point cloud, huge data will lead to a rapid decline in data processing speed, so it is necessary to thin LiDAR point cloud. In this paper, a new terrain sampling rule had been built based on the integrated terrain complexity, and then based on the rule a LiDAR point cloud simplification method, which was referred as to TCthin, had been proposed. The TCthin method was evaluated by experiments in which XUthin and Lasthin were selected as the TCthin’s comparative methods. The TCthin’s simplification degree was estimated by the simplification rate value, and the TCthin’s simplification quality was evaluated by Root Mean Square Deviation. The experimental results show that the TCthin method can thin LiDAR point cloud effectively and improve the simplification quality, and at 5 m, 10 m, 30 m scale levels, the TCthin method has a good applicability in the areas with different terrain complexity. This study has theoretical and practical value in sampling theory, thinning LiDAR point cloud, building high-precision DEM and so on.