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Evaluation of AIS reception in Arctic regions from space by using a stratospheric balloon flight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

Jesper Abildgaard Larsen ,
Jens Dalsgaard Nielsen ,
Hans Peter Mortensen ,
Ulrik Wilken Rasmussen ,
Troels Laursen  and
Jeppe Ledet-Pedersen
Jesper Abildgaard Larsen
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 C, 9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark (jal@es.aau.dk)
Jens Dalsgaard Nielsen
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 C, 9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark (jal@es.aau.dk)
Hans Peter Mortensen
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 C, 9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark (jal@es.aau.dk)
Ulrik Wilken Rasmussen
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 C, 9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark (jal@es.aau.dk)
Troels Laursen
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 C, 9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark (jal@es.aau.dk)
Jeppe Ledet-Pedersen
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7 C, 9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark (jal@es.aau.dk)
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Abstract

Due to the increased melting season in the arctic regions, especially in the seas surrounding Greenland, there has been an increased interest in utilising these waterways, both as an 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 Greenland 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 analysed. To validate the proposed theory, a field study, utilising a prototype of AAUSAT3, the third 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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Polar Record , Volume 48 , Special Issue 1: Papers from the 11th Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium , January 2012 , pp. 39 - 47
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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