Ocean Surface Current Measurement Using Shipborne HF Radar: Model and Analysis

The extension of onshore high-frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) to shipborne HFSWR has the advantage of extended monitoring area and high application flexibility. However, additional modulation on the echo signal introduced by the forward movement and six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) ship motion may...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE journal of oceanic engineering 2016-10, Vol.41 (4), p.970-981
Hauptverfasser: Chang, Guanghong, Li, Ming, Xie, Junhao, Zhang, Ling, Yu, Changjun, Ji, Yonggang
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Zusammenfassung:The extension of onshore high-frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) to shipborne HFSWR has the advantage of extended monitoring area and high application flexibility. However, additional modulation on the echo signal introduced by the forward movement and six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) ship motion may increase the surface current measurement error. Considering the radar array position on the ship, six-DOF ship motion, forward movement velocity, first-order Bragg scatter, and background noise, this paper models the backscattered Doppler spectrum of shipborne HFSWR. Based on this model, the performance of surface radial current measurement is analyzed, with the adoption of the MUltiple SIgnal Classification (MUSIC) to estimate the azimuth of the sea patches. Simulation results show that, rotation, sway and forward movement of the ship all have significant impacts on the surface radial current measure error. Nevertheless, if the ship sails at relative low speed and keeps its sailing direction (with small yaw amplitude), shipborne HFSWR may provide a better result than onshore HFSWR.
ISSN:0364-9059
1558-1691
DOI:10.1109/JOE.2016.2527938