Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 44, Issue 2, 227(2025)

Aircraft altitude estimate method based on thermal infrared multispectral feature matching

Li-Feng YANG1...2, Zhuo CHEN3, Fan-Sheng CHEN4 and Jian-Yu WANG1,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology,Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200083,China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • 3Beijing Remote Sensing Information Research Institute,Beijing 100011,China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Intelligent Infrared Perception,Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200083,China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Radiance of aircraft at TOA
    Radiation characteristics of aircraft skin under different environmental temperature conditions:(a)skin temperature at different speeds; (b)irradiance of aircraft skin
    Atmospheric radiation characteristics based on MODTRAN model:(a) atmosphere transmittances at different altitudes;(b) atmosphere path radiances at different altitudes
    TOA spectral curves of aircraft at different altitudes (spectral resolution of 100nm): (a) mid-latitude summer; (b) tropical
    Flow chart of altitude estimate method
    Matching results of 1 km to 12 km height
    Estimate results of aircraft at 8 km altitude under different test cases
    Thermal infrared aircraft images of SDGSAT-1
    • Table 1. The parameters of aerial target detection model

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      Table 1. The parameters of aerial target detection model

      变量数值
      波长范围8~14 μm
      光谱分辨率100 nm
      背景环境温度280 ~300 K
      地理位置高纬度、中纬度、低纬度
      季节夏季、冬季
      昼夜昼间、夜间
      目标飞行高度0~12 km
      目标飞行速度0~1 Ma
      目标蒙皮发射率0.8~0.95
    • Table 2. Parameters of the simulation target

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      Table 2. Parameters of the simulation target

      背景环境温度机身发射率飞行速度杂波比例大气模型
      Test1295 K0.90.95 Ma0中纬度夏季
      Test2290 K0.90.8 Ma0中纬度夏季
      Test3290 K0.950.95 Ma0中纬度夏季
      Test4298 K0.950.8 Ma0中纬度夏季
      Test5290 K0.90.95 Ma5%中纬度夏季
      Test6290 K0.90.95 Ma0中纬度冬季
    • Table 3. Comparison between the actual altitude of target and the altitude estimate results of the proposed method

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      Table 3. Comparison between the actual altitude of target and the altitude estimate results of the proposed method

      估计高度/kmADS-B高度/km相对偏差/km
      Target 11110.670.33
      Target 289.521.52
      Target 31010.970.97
      Target 498.370.63
      Target 5910.061.06
      Target 678.591.59
      平均误差1.02
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    Li-Feng YANG, Zhuo CHEN, Fan-Sheng CHEN, Jian-Yu WANG. Aircraft altitude estimate method based on thermal infrared multispectral feature matching[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2025, 44(2): 227

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    Paper Information

    Category: Infrared Optoelectronic System and Application Technology

    Received: May. 7, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 14, 2025

    The Author Email: WANG Jian-Yu (jywang@mail.sitp.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2025.02.011

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