Research Article

Feasibility of Oil Slick Detection Using BeiDou-R Coastal Simulation

Table 1

Simulation experiment parameters.

Scenario parametersExperiment IExperiment II

Transmitter satelliteBeiDou IGSO C06BeiDou MEO C11
Time08:00–08:10 LT Nov.27, 201323:40–23:50  LT Nov.27, 2013
Transmitter position ()(−1.54, 0, 3.93) 107 m(−1.45, 0, 2.38) 107 m
Transmitter velocity ()(−1.65, −0.53, −2.03) km/s(−2.21, 1.38, −1.58) km/s
Receiver position ()(0.0067, 0, 6.37) 106 m(0.01, 0, 6.37) 106 m
Receiver velocity ()(0, 0, 0) km/s(0, 0, 0) km/s
Elevation angle at SP31°24°
Oil slick imageQuickBird multispectral images
ConstellationsBeiDou ephemeris
Coherent integration times10 ms
Wind velocity and direction6.6 m/s, along the -axis (ECXI system)
Observation surface, -direction[−10–10] km
Observation surface, -direction[0–10] km
Reflect antenna toward180°
Receiver height15 m