title: Development of a Cost-Effective Airborne Remote Sensing System for Coastal Monitoring.
abstract: Coastal lands and nearshore marine areas are productive and rapidly changing places. However, these areas face many environmental challenges related to climate change and human-induced impacts. Space-borne remote sensing systems may be restricted in monitoring these areas because of their spatial and temporal resolutions. In situ measurements are also constrained from accessing the area and obtaining wide-coverage data. In these respects, airborne remote sensing sensors could be the most appropriate tools for monitoring these coastal areas. In this study, a cost-effective airborne remote sensing system with synthetic aperture radar and thermal infrared sensors was implemented to survey coastal areas. Calibration techniques and geophysical model algorithms were developed for the airborne system to observe the topography of intertidal flats, coastal sea surface current, sea surface temperature, and submarine groundwater discharge.
authors.affiliation: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. djkim@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Duk-jin
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. oberonia@naver.com.
authors.forename: Jungkyo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. mook0416@naver.com.
authors.forename: Ki-mook
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. dalcomeboy@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Seung Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. xuzhen426@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91109, CA, USA. scott.hensley@jpl.nasa.gov.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hensley
authors.affiliation: IMSAR LLC, Springville 84663, UT, USA. aarons@imsar.com.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Swan
authors.affiliation: IMSAR LLC, Springville 84663, UT, USA. michaeld@imsar.com.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duersch
keywords: airborne remote sensing; coastal monitoring; interferometry; synthetic aperture radar; thermal infrared