학술논문

A New Multiresolution CYGNSS Data Product for Fully and Partially Coherent Scattering
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on. 61:1-18 2023
Subject
Geoscience
Signal Processing and Analysis
Delays
Doppler effect
Land surface
Sea surface
Receiving antennas
Detectors
Surface treatment
Coherent and incoherent scattering
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS)
Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R)
inland water detection
raw intermediate frequency (IF)
Language
ISSN
0196-2892
1558-0644
Abstract
A new Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) data product is described, which is generated from the raw intermediate frequency (IF) data. The product includes several established signal coherence detectors, including the power ratio ${P}_{\mathrm {ratio}}$ , complex zero-Doppler delay waveform, full entropy ${E}_{\mathrm {full}}$ , and a novel fast entropy detector ${E}_{\mathrm {fast}}$ . Both entropy detectors are provided with two temporal resolutions: 2 and 50 ms. Coherence performance is characterized using the phase derivative of the reflected signal at the peak of the delay waveform ${\varphi }_{\mathrm {peak}}$ . Threshold values of the full entropy detector are determined, which classify scattering into three regimes: incoherent, partially coherent, and coherent. Several scattered signal strength products are included: signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), reflected power ${P}_{g}$ , reflectivity ${\Gamma }$ , and normalized bistatic radar cross section (NBRCS). Each of these products is derived using a coherent integration time of ${T}_{c}$ = 1 ms and incoherent integration times of ${N}_{\mathrm {inc}}$ = 1000, 500, 250, 100, 50, and 2 ms. Signal strength time series at the shorter (2 and 50 ms) times provides excellent detection of land–water transitions in heterogeneous scenes. Delay Doppler maps (DDMs) are also generated with high delay ( ${\Delta \tau }$ = 1/16 chip) and Doppler ( ${\Delta f}$ = 50 Hz) resolution. The behavior of each signal strength product as a coherence detector is examined using the full entropy method as a reference. Performance is characterized using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. The fast entropy method, which has a much lower computational cost, is similarly characterized. This suite of coherence detection methods can be used to detect the presence of small inland water bodies.