Low-Cost GNSS-R Altimetry on a UAV for Water-Level Measurements at Arbitrary Times and Locations
| Autor: | Masanori Konda, Kei Yufu, Takuji Ebinuma, Kaoru Ichikawa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
0211 other engineering and technologies Satellite system 02 engineering and technology lcsh:Chemical technology 01 natural sciences Biochemistry Article Analytical Chemistry Altitude altimetry Range (statistics) unmanned aerial vehicle lcsh:TP1-1185 Altimeter Electrical and Electronic Engineering Instrumentation 021101 geological & geomatics engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing GNSS reflectometry lake water level Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Water level Amplitude GNSS applications Environmental science |
| Zdroj: | Sensors, Vol 19, Iss 5, p 998 (2019) Sensors Volume 19 Issue 5 Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) |
| ISSN: | 1424-8220 |
| Popis: | Together with direct Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals, the signals reflected at the water surface can be received by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). From the range difference between two GNSS signal paths, the height of the UAV above the water level can be geometrically estimated using the weighted least squares method, called GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) altimetry. Experimental low-cost GNSS-R altimetry flights with a UAV were conducted at the coast of Lake Biwa, Japan. Although the height estimated by the GNSS-R altimeter included large short-term noises up to 8 m amplitude, it agreed well with the UAV altitude measured by the post-processed kinematic positioning. By selecting better weight functions in the least square method and using sufficient temporal averaging, the GNSS-R altimetry achieved accuracy in the order of 0.01 m if a sufficient number of GNSS satellites with high elevation angles were available. The dependency of the results on the weight functions is also discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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