본 연구에서는 겨울철 특별관측기간(2012년 1월 5일에서 2월 29일)동안 강원지방기상청에 설치된 GPS 자료를 이용하여 가강수량을 산정하고 이를 라디오존데 가강수량 자료와 비교 분석하였다. GPS 자료를 후처리하기 위하여 Bernese 5.0 소프트웨어를 사용하였다. GANG 단독측위와 GANG, DAEJ의 비교적 짧은 거리의 두 지점만을 이용한 상대측위 결과에 따른 가강수량은 시간에 따른 변동폭이 크고 실제 환산된 가강수량에 비해 5배 정도 크게 나타났다. 이러한 대류권 절대 오차에 의한 오류를 제거하기 위한 방법으로 Xian Dao (BJFS), Ibaraki-ken (TSKB) 국제 IGS 사이트의 장거리 기선설정으로 GPS 후처리를 실시한 결과 라디오존데 관측값과 상관이 0.93, 평균편의오차가 0.67, 평균제곱근오차가 6.40 수준으로 나타났다. 또한 GPS 수신기 고도 차이로 발생할 수 있는 대류권 상대 오차를 제거하기위해 강원지방기상청과 아주 가까운 지점인 강릉 원주대학교에 설치된 GPS 자료를 추가하여 후처리한 결과 상관이 0.93, 평균편의오차가 0.61, 평균제곱근오차가 5.79로 보다 개선된 결과를 보였다.

Korea’s lunar exploration project includes the launching of an orbiter, a lander (including a rover), and an experimental orbiter (referred to as a lunar pathfinder). Laser altimeters have played an important scientific role in lunar, planetary, and asteroid exploration missions since their first use in 1971 onboard the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon. In this study, a laser altimeter was proposed as a scientific instrument for the Korean lunar orbiter, which will be launched by 2020, to study the global topography of the surface of the Moon and its gravitational field and to support other payloads such as a terrain mapping camera or spectral imager. This study presents the baseline design and performance model for the proposed laser altimeter. Additionally, the study discusses the expected performance based on numerical simulation results. The simulation results indicate that the design of system parameters satisfies performance requirements with respect to detection probability and range error even under unfavorable conditions.

We estimated the orbit of the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS), a Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite, through data from actual optical observations using telescopes at the Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory (SOAO) of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Optical Wide field Patrol (OWL) at KASI, and the Chungbuk National University Observatory (CNUO) from August 1, 2014, to January 13, 2015. The astrometric data of the satellite were extracted from the World Coordinate System (WCS) in the obtained images, and geometrically distorted errors were corrected. To handle the optically observed data, corrections were made for the observation time, light-travel time delay, shutter speed delay, and aberration. For final product, the sequential filter within the Orbit Determination Tool Kit (ODTK) was used for orbit estimation based on the results of optical observation. In addition, a comparative analysis was conducted between the precise orbit from the ephemeris of the COMS maintained by the satellite operator and the results of orbit estimation using optical observation. The orbits estimated in simulation agree with those estimated with actual optical observation data. The error in the results using optical observation data decreased with increasing number of observatories. Our results are useful for optimizing observation data for orbit estimation.