Kleynhans, WaldoSalmon, Brian PSchwegmann, Colin PMdakane, Lizwe W2017-06-072017-06-072015-08Kleynhans, W., Salmon, B.P., Schwegmann, C.P. et al. 2015. Use of sentinel-1 data for vessel detection in South African oceans: Early results. 2015 IEEE Radar Conference, Johannesburg, 27-30 October 2015. DOI: 10.1109/RadarConf.2015.7411922978-1-4673-9655-4DOI: 10.1109/RadarConf.2015.7411922http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7411922/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9157Copyright: 2015 EE Publishers. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website.This paper shows the utility of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data acquired from the recently launched Sentinel-1 satellite for the detection of vessels within the South African Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). A Sentinel-1 dual polarized (HH and HV) image acquired in Extra Wide (EW) mode over two of the busiest harbors in the country was used together with a standard Cell averaging Constant False Alarm Rate (CA-CFAR) detector to evaluate vessel detection performance for the two polarization modes taking into consideration local incident angles. Early experimental results show promising vessel detection accuracy using the Sentinel-1 data but that polarization and incidence angle are important parameters to take into consideration when working with the data.enMarine vehiclesSynthetic aperture radarSatellite communicationSea surfaceMonitoringRadar detectionConference PresentationKleynhans, W., Salmon, B. P., Schwegmann, C. P., & Mdakane, L. W. (2015). Use of sentinel-1 data for vessel detection in South African oceans: Early results. IEEE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9157Kleynhans, Waldo, Brian P Salmon, Colin P Schwegmann, and Lizwe W Mdakane. "Use of sentinel-1 data for vessel detection in South African oceans: Early results." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9157Kleynhans W, Salmon BP, Schwegmann CP, Mdakane LW, Use of sentinel-1 data for vessel detection in South African oceans: Early results; IEEE; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9157 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Kleynhans, Waldo AU - Salmon, Brian P AU - Schwegmann, Colin P AU - Mdakane, Lizwe W AB - This paper shows the utility of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data acquired from the recently launched Sentinel-1 satellite for the detection of vessels within the South African Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). A Sentinel-1 dual polarized (HH and HV) image acquired in Extra Wide (EW) mode over two of the busiest harbors in the country was used together with a standard Cell averaging Constant False Alarm Rate (CA-CFAR) detector to evaluate vessel detection performance for the two polarization modes taking into consideration local incident angles. Early experimental results show promising vessel detection accuracy using the Sentinel-1 data but that polarization and incidence angle are important parameters to take into consideration when working with the data. DA - 2015-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Marine vehicles KW - Synthetic aperture radar KW - Satellite communication KW - Sea surface KW - Monitoring KW - Radar detection LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 978-1-4673-9655-4 T1 - Use of sentinel-1 data for vessel detection in South African oceans: Early results TI - Use of sentinel-1 data for vessel detection in South African oceans: Early results UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9157 ER -