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Detection of Buried Objects by Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging for Improved Disaster Response

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K18075
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Measurement engineering
Research InstitutionTokyo Denki University (2016)
Tohoku University (2015)

Principal Investigator

Koyama Christian  東京電機大学, 理工学部, 研究員 (40704961)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
KeywordsGB-SAR / GPR / Polarimetry / Disaster mitigation / Radar imaging / Target detection / Synthetic aperture radar
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have developed new methods and algorithms to detect, localize and classify buried objects from airborne, space borne and ground-based polarimetric SAR data. We have developed a new polarimetric GB-SAR system which allowed, together with the use of state of the art airborne and space borne SAR data from Japanese sensors operating at different radar frequencies, to successfully detect more than 40 subsurface objects. A novel approach to classify buried objects based on their polarimetric signatures was proposed. For the first time ever, we successfully obtained SAR data from bistatic ground-based/airborne experiments. The results demonstrate the potential for the detection and localization of buried objects from fast, aerial radar measurements which can contribute to drastically improve disaster response after events like earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, volcanic eruptions or avalanches. Two journal papers were published and one more is being prepared for submission.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 11 results,  Open Access: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] In-Situ Measurement of Soil Permittivity at Various Depths for the Calibration and Validation of Low-Frequency SAR Soil Moisture Models by using GPR2017

    • Author(s)
      Christian Koyama, Hai Liu, Kazunori Takahashi, Masanobu Shimada, Manabu Watanabe, Tseedulum Khuut, Motoyuki Sato
    • Journal Title

      Remote Sensing

      Volume: 9(6) Pages: 511-511

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Development of Multistatic Linear Array Radar at 10-20GHz2017

    • Author(s)
      Y. Mori, T. Yumii, Y. Asano, K. Doi, C. Koyama, Y. Iitsuka, K. Takahashi, M. Sato
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Transactions on Electronics

      Volume: E100.C Issue: 1 Pages: 60-67

    • DOI

      10.1587/transele.E100.C.60

    • NAID

      130005188326

    • ISSN
      0916-8524, 1745-1353
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Disaster debris estimation using high-resolution polarimetric stereo-SAR2016

    • Author(s)
      Koyama, C. N., H. Gokon, M. Jimbo, S. Koshimura, M. Sato
    • Journal Title

      ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

      Volume: 120 Pages: 84-98

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.08.003

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Post-earthquake damage inspection of wood-frame buildings using radar polarimetry.2016

    • Author(s)
      Hai Liu, Christian Koyama, Jie Cui, Qinghuo Liu and Motoyuki Sato
    • Journal Title

      Remote Sensing

      Volume: 8 Issue: 11 Pages: 935-935

    • DOI

      10.3390/rs8110935

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Case studies of GPR surveys for the rehabilitation after the Great East Japan Earthquake 20112016

    • Author(s)
      K. Takahashi, H. Liu, C. N. Koyama, T. Komagino, M. Sato
    • Journal Title

      BUTSURI-TANSA(Geophysical Exploration)

      Volume: 69 Issue: 3 Pages: 185-194

    • DOI

      10.3124/segj.69.185

    • NAID

      130005397163

    • ISSN
      0912-7984, 1881-4824
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ACCURACY OF DEPOSIT STRUCTURE AFTER TSUNAMI OBTAINED BY GPR2016

    • Author(s)
      M. Takamura, K. Takahashi, C. N. Koyama, K. Udo, M. Sato
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B2 (Coastal Engineering)

      Volume: 72 Issue: 2 Pages: I_37-I_42

    • DOI

      10.2208/kaigan.72.I_37

    • NAID

      130005282376

    • ISSN
      1883-8944, 1884-2399
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Detection and Classification of Subsurface Objects by Polarimetric Radar Imaging2015

    • Author(s)
      Christian Koyama, Motoyuki Sato
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of IEEE Radar Conference 2015

      Volume: 1 Pages: 412-419

    • DOI

      10.1109/radarconf.2015.7411924

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Near range polarimetric SAR for non-destructive inspection of wooden buildings2015

    • Author(s)
      Motoyuki Sato, Kazunori Takahashi, Yasushi Iitsuka, Christian Koyama
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of 2015 Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar

      Volume: 35 Pages: 306-309

    • DOI

      10.1109/apsar.2015.7306214

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Full Polarimetric UWB GB-SAR for Damage Assessment of Wooden Building Structures2015

    • Author(s)
      Christian Koyama, Yasushi Iitsuka, Kazunori Takahashi, Motoyuki Sato
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of IGARSS 2015

      Volume: 35 Pages: 2719-2722

    • DOI

      10.1109/igarss.2015.7326375

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Development of a biomass corrected soil moisture retrieval model for dual-polarization ALOS-2 data based on ALOS/PALSAR and PI-SAR-L2 observations2015

    • Author(s)
      Christian Koyama, Karl Schneider, Motoyuki Sato
    • Journal Title

      Proc. of IGARSS 2015

      Volume: 35 Pages: 1316-1319

    • DOI

      10.1109/igarss.2015.7326017

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Spatio-temporal soil moisture patterns - A meta-analysis using plot to catchment scale data2015

    • Author(s)
      Wolfgang Korres, Tim Reichenau, Peter Fiener, Christian Koyama
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Hydrolgogy

      Volume: 520 Pages: 326-341

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.042

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Summary of Pi-SAR-L2 Experiments in Sendai2017

    • Author(s)
      C. Koyama, M. Sato
    • Organizer
      JAXA Pi-SAR-L2 PI Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-25
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Quantitative Parameter Estimation using Ground-based, Airborne and Spaceborne Low Frequency Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar2016

    • Author(s)
      C. Koyama, M. Sato, M. Shimada
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall Meeting 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Fundamental study on soil moisture variations under vegetation influencing L-band SAR backscatter - implementations for the development of an advanced forest monitoring system2016

    • Author(s)
      C. Koyama, M. Watanabe, M. Sato, K. Schneider, M. Shimada
    • Organizer
      61th Autumn Conference of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Niigata, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-01
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] n situ measurement of soil permittivity for calibration and validation of low-frequency SAR soil moisture algorithms by using GPR2016

    • Author(s)
      C. Koyama, M. Watanabe, M. Sato, K. Schneider, M. Shimada
    • Organizer
      CEOS SAR Calibration and Validation Workshop 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Tokyo, japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-07
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Robust quantitative parameter estimation by advanced CMP measurements for vadose zone hydrological studies2015

    • Author(s)
      Christian Koyama, Huang Wang, Tseedulum Khuut, Takyuki Kawai, Motoyuki Sato
    • Organizer
      AGU 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      San Francisco, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-14
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Monitoring of soil moisture dynamics from very high-resolution ALOS-2 data2015

    • Author(s)
      Christian Koyama
    • Organizer
      2nd ALOS-2 PI Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Akihabara Convention Hall, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The effect of the polarization rotation angle in understanding polarimetric SAR data for land cover classification2015

    • Author(s)
      Amila Karunathilake, Christian Koyama, Motoyuki Sato
    • Organizer
      2015 IEICE Society Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-08
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Application of Polarimetry and Interferometry SAR for understanding of natural disaster affected areas2015

    • Author(s)
      Christian Koyama, Motoyuki Sato
    • Organizer
      第3回Pi-SAR2 PI会議
    • Place of Presentation
      Kojimachi Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-14
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Homepage of Sato Lab

    • URL

      http://magnet.cneas.tohoku.ac.jp/satolab/satolab-j.html

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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