Evaluation of AIS Reception in Arctic Regions From Space by using a Stratospheric Balloon Flight

نویسندگان

  • Peter Rasmussen
  • Ulrik Wilken
  • Jesper Abildgaard Larsen
  • Jens Dalsgaard Nielsen
  • Hans Peter Mortensen
  • Ulrik Wilken Rasmussen
  • Troels Laursen
  • Jeppe Ledet-Pedersen
چکیده

Due to the increased melting season in the arctic regions, especially in the seas surrounding Greenland, there has been an increased interest in utilizing these water ways, both as a efficient transport route and an attractive leisure destination. However, with heavier traffic comes an increased risk of accidents. Due to the immense size and poor infrastructure of Greenland, it is not feasible to deploy ground based ship monitoring stations throughout the Greenlandic coastline, thus the only feasible solution is to perform such surveillance from space. In this paper it is shown how it is possible to receive transmissions from the Automatic Identification System (AIS) from space and the quality of the received AIS signal is analyzed. To validate the proposed theory, a field study, utilizing a prototype of AAUSAT3, the 3rd satellite from Aalborg University, was performed using a stratospheric balloon flight in the northern part of Sweden and Finland during the autumn of 2009. The analysis finds that, assuming a similar ship distribution as in the Barents Sea, it is feasible to monitor the ship traffic around Greenland from space with a satisfactory result.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011