고해상도 시계열 광학 위성 영상과 특징점 추적 기법을 이용한 북극해 해빙 이동 탐지 = Arctic Sea Ice Motion Measurement Using Time-Series High-Resolution Optical Satellite Images and Feature Tracking Techniques

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Sea ice motion is an important factor for assessing change of sea ice because the motion affects to not only regional distribution of sea ice but also new ice growth and thickness of ice. This study presents an application of multi-temporal high-resolution optical satellites images obtained from Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-2 (KOMPSAT-2) and Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-3 (KOMPSAT-3) to measure sea ice motion using SIFT (Scale-Invariant Feature Transform), SURF (Speeded Up Robust Features) and ORB (Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF) feature tracking techniques. In order to use satellite images from two different sensors, spatial and radiometric resolution were adjusted during preprocessing steps, and then the feature tracking techniques were applied to the pre-processed images. The matched features extracted from the SIFT showed even distribution across whole image, however the matched features extracted from the SURF showed condensed distribution of features around boundary between ice and ocean, and this regionally biased distribution became more prominent in the matched features extracted from the ORB. The processing time of the feature tracking was decreased in order of SIFT, SURF and ORB techniques. Although number of the matched features from the ORB was decreased as 59.8% compared with the result from the SIFT, the processing time was decreased as 8.7% compared with the result from the SIFT, therefore the ORB technique is more suitable for fast measurement of sea ice motion.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

해빙의 이동은 지역적 분포뿐만 아니라 해빙의 생성 및 두께에도 영향을 미치기 때문에 해빙의 변화를 평가하는 데에 중요한 정보가 된다. 이 연구에서는 북극해 해빙의 이동 특성 탐지를 위해 Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-2(KOMPSAT-2)와 Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-3(KOMPSAT-3)의 두 위성 센서로부터 다중 시기 고해상도 광학 위성 영상을 획득하고, SIFT(Scale-Invariant Feature Transform), SURF(Speeded Up Robust Features) 및 ORB(Oriented FAST and Rotated BRIEF)의 특징점 추적 기법을 적용하였다. 두 위성 센서에서 획득된 영상의 활용을 위해 전처리 단계에서 공간해상도와 방사해상도를 일치시킨 후 특징점 추적 기법을 적용한 결과 SIFT 의 경우 영상 전반에 걸쳐 특징점의 고른 공간 분포가 나타났고, SURF의 경우 해빙과 해양의 경계 부분에 특징점이 주요하게 분포하는 경향이 관찰되었으며 이러한 경향은 ORB에서 가장 현저하게 나타났다. 특징점 추적 기법별 연산 시간 측정 결과 SIFT, SURF 및 ORB의 순서로 연산 시간이 감소하였다. ORB의 경우 SIFT 기법 대비 추적된 특징점 수가 평균 59.8%로 줄어들었지만 연산 시간은 평균 8.7%에 해당하는 시간이 소요되어 해빙 이동 특성의 고속 탐지에 적합한 기법으로 판단된다.

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