R. Azim, M. Samsuzzaman, T. Alam, M. Islam, M. Faruque, M. Zaman, M. Islam
{"title":"Circularly polarized patch antenna for S-band satellite applications","authors":"R. Azim, M. Samsuzzaman, T. Alam, M. Islam, M. Faruque, M. Zaman, M. Islam","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283837","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a circularly polarized antenna is proposed for satellite communication system. Commercially available Finite Integration Technique (FIT) based software Computer Simulation Technology (CST) microwave studio and finite element method solver based High Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) have been used in this analysis. The proposed antenna achieved 3dB axial ratio of 30 MHz with -10dB reflection coefficient. The axial ratio and reflection coefficient has been verified with both CST and HFSS simulation software. The operating frequency of the proposed antenna is 2.35 GHz. The antenna has been printed on FR-4 (lossy) Substrate material with relative Permittivity of 4.6 and thickness of 1.6 mm. The proposed antenna exhibits a 3 dB axial-ratio beam width of more than 1420.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133276588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) for Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) handheld devices","authors":"N. Embong, M. Mansor","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283820","url":null,"abstract":"The new antenna design of a multiband rectangular shape dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) which operates at around 1.8GHz (GSM1800), 2.2GHz (DVB-SH) and 2.6GHz (LTE-A) bands for wireless mobile communication handheld devices is discussed in this paper. The proposed DRA is designed with a size of 34mm × 33mm × 10mm and simulated by using the CST Microwave Software. The proposed antenna design, with an excitation feed using the microstrip line feed and air gap, is used to improve the bandwidth. The aim of this project is to propose an antenna that radiates at a frequency of LTE-A operating at 2.49GHz-2.69GHz (band spectrum for LTE-A) and the smaller size enables it to meet these requirements. From the simulated results obtained, the bandwidth of GSM1800, DVB-SH and LTE-A is 80MHz, 30MHZ and 200MHz respectively, and the maximum realized gain of 6.405 dB, 6.86 dB and 7.084 dB at 1.8GHz, 2.2GHz and 2.6GHz respectively. This project is a contribution in both, designing a simulation antenna and usage of dielectric resonator material to achieve better antenna performance.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114541957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurul Ain Mohd Zaki, Z. Abd Latif, M. Z. Zainal, K. Zainuddin
{"title":"Individual tree crown (ITC) delineation using watershed transformation algorithm for tropical lowland dipterocarp","authors":"Nurul Ain Mohd Zaki, Z. Abd Latif, M. Z. Zainal, K. Zainuddin","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283795","url":null,"abstract":"Tropical forest embraces a large stock of carbon and contributes to the enormous amount of above and below ground biomass in the global carbon cycle. Very high resolution imagery (VHR) satellite imagery can provide new opportunities to estimate the biomass and carbon stock of the forest area using crown projection area (CPA) as one of the predictor variable for accurately estimation the biophysical of the individual trees. Using multi-resolution segmentation resulted in inclusive accuracy of 82% in 1:1 correspondence and 78% segmentation accuracy with 21% error was observed from goodness of fit (D) value. Watershed transformation algorithm had been proven that suitable to be used to delineate the tree crown of the tropical lowland Dipterocarp forest area. In this study, data had been collected in tropical lowland Dipterocarp Royal Belum Forest Reserve, Perak State, Malaysia. The dominant species of this studies comes from families Dipterocarpaceae, Myrtaceae, Fabaceae and Lauraceae. A circular plot of 500 m2 area with a 12.62 m radius had been used during forest inventory data collection. This paper offer a methodology and accuracy assessment for measuring the crown delineation for tropical forest inventory data using very high resolution imagery(VHR) assembly to accomplish the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) monitoring, reporting and verification process.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115179057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Refractivity gradient in lowest layer of atmosphere near Arabian Sea","authors":"Saeed ur Rehman, A. Ullah, N. Mufti","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283759","url":null,"abstract":"Radio frequency signals, while propagating through atmosphere, are subject to different propagation mechanisms and conditions. Signals propagating via tropospheric refraction can experience different degrees of refraction, which is dependent on meteorological conditions. This study uses radiosonde meteorological data from year 2010 for Karachi to analyse the refractive conditions in lowest 100m of atmosphere. The annual statistics are analysed and compared with historic readings. Considerable differences between current and previous studies are observed. Long term measurements and subsequent analysis are recommended.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116562523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship between total electron content (TEC), tides phenomena and the position of moon and sun during the full moon and new moon in Selangor","authors":"N. S. Mohamad, K. Chellappan","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283766","url":null,"abstract":"Moon and sun is causative agent in the formation of tides. Tidal is a natural phenomenon caused by the gravitational force of attraction between moon and sun. The sun activity in ionospheric layer affects the variation of total electron content (TEC). This paper presents the relationship between total electron content (TEC), tidal phenomenon and the position of the moon and sun during the full moon and new moon occurrence in Selangor. The analysis was carried out from May 2013 until May 2014. The TEC were obtained by using GPS Ionospheric Scintillation and TEC monitor (GISTM) at UKM Bangi station while the tidal readings were capture from Port Klang. TEC and tidal reported consistent with a negative correlation. The gravitational effect of the new moon is equal to the full moon and based on the result, the highest tide value has been recorded on the 31st January 2014 which found to be the day which moon is closes to the earth and earth is closes to sun. This paper states the outcome of moon and sun position ratio to earth against TEC. In reference to the result obtained, the TEC value increased with the position ratio during new moon occurrence while during the full moon occurrence, the TEC value decreased with the position ratio. In regard to this analysis, it can be concluded that the TEC is directly proportional to the ratio of the position of moon and sun from earth.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122588025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jazeel H. Azeez, Z. Abidin, Z. A. Ibrahim, C. Hwang
{"title":"Rotation curve and dynamical mass in the inner region of M100 with ALMA","authors":"Jazeel H. Azeez, Z. Abidin, Z. A. Ibrahim, C. Hwang","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283748","url":null,"abstract":"Using Atacamma Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) science verification data, the CO J=1→0 emission in the nucleus of barred SABbc spiral galaxy M100 (which also known as NGC 4321) has been drawn at high resolution (3.44\" × 2.46\"). A new (Position - Velocity) diagram of the central (1 kpc) region of the mentioned galaxy has been analyzed to study the peculiar kinematics of this region. The CO data which fully sampled at this resolution, by using fixed position angle PA=153°, it is found that the rotation curve that is rapidly rising in the central (100 pc) reaching value (160 km/s) at (480 pc) and then decrease smoothly to a value (144 km/s) in the outermost ring at (750 pc). The inner region has dynamical mass of 3·7 × 109M⊙ in central 720 pc region.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"203 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122665422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Qayyum, A. Malik, Muhammad Naufal Bin muhammad Saad
{"title":"Comparison of digital elevation models based on high resolution satellite stereo imagery","authors":"A. Qayyum, A. Malik, Muhammad Naufal Bin muhammad Saad","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283789","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283789","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we analysed and compared the digital elevation model (DEM) based on high resolution QuickBird and Pleiades satellite stereo images. 3D maps were generated for objects like trees near poles of power transmission lines using satellite stereo images. This study was very challenging due to weather condition, hilly and non-uniform terrain at Kota kina balu in East Malaysia. First we require the geometric accuracy of these two sensors for 3D mapping of the area of interest. Also we require accurate Digital elevation model for better height calculation of vegetation/trees near power poles. For these purposes, we evaluated the accuracy of DEM using high resolution satellite stereo imagery. The comparison was made based on RPC coefficients and ground control point's measurement (GCP). Results shown that the Pleiades satellite sensor is feasible for generating the elevation model for small area. This shows that Pleiades sensor can be used for monitoring the vegetation near poles of high transmission power lines based on the satellite stereo images.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123927756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MHD reconstruction of a magnetic cloud in the solar wind","authors":"W. Teh, M. Abdullah","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283745","url":null,"abstract":"We use for the first time the two-dimensional (2-D), magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) reconstruction technique to examine a magnetic cloud structure in the solar wind. The MHD reconstruction technique is based upon the initial-value integration of the steady, 2-D, ideal MHD equations to generate the cross section of field and plasma of a structure seen by a spacecraft. On 15 May, 2005, a super-intense geomagnetic storm was triggered by a magnetic cloud, which was observed by the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft in the solar wind at 1 AU. Here AU is the astronomical unit (~1.5 × 108 km). A size of ~0.20 AU (length) × ~0.15 AU (width) of a left-handed magnetic flux rope structure is reconstructed for the magnetic cloud. The axial orientation of the magnetic flux rope is directed to [-0.433, 0.744, 0.509] in Geocentric Solar Magnetospheric (GSM) coordinates system. The distance of the spacecraft from the center of the flux rope is ~0.05 AU. The maximum axial magnetic field of the flux rope is ~59 nT for which the axial current density is estimated of ~5 pA/m2.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"45 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116589386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparing IRI and regional ionospheric model with ionosonde foF2 measurements in Pakistan","authors":"M. Talha, Ghulam Murtaza, M. A. Ameen","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283755","url":null,"abstract":"Critical frequency of F2 layer acquired by three ionosonde stations, Karachi (KHI, 24.95°N, 67.13°E), Multan (MUL, 30.18°N, 71.48°E) & Islamabad (ISL, 33.75°N, 73.13°E), in Pakistan has been compared with foF2 obtained from global ionospheric model IRI-2012 and computed from regional ionospheric model using higher terms of Emperical Orthogonal Functions (EOFs) during summer (July). The data has been compared at different phases of solar epoches. The computational sets using higher number of terms of EOFs (L > 1) showed slight different deviations from observations with respect to the expansion of EOFs using least number of terms (L = 1). Both models revealed good to reasonable agreement with the observed values for Multan and Islamabad. However for Karachi, considerable deviations between the models and observations are noted at different solar epoches except deep solar minimum due to its location which lies within equatorial ionization anomaly region. In general, regional model gives better results compared to IRI for MUL and ISL whereas IRI worked better for Karachi. Thus further improvements in regional model are required to get promosing results especially for EIA region station.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130241736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Khairul Afifi Nasuddin, M. Abdullah, N. S. A. Hamid, A. Hasbi
{"title":"Preliminary study on the near equatorial magnetic field model and South Atlantic Anomaly","authors":"Khairul Afifi Nasuddin, M. Abdullah, N. S. A. Hamid, A. Hasbi","doi":"10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONSPACE.2015.7283743","url":null,"abstract":"The geomagnetic field is generated inside its molten iron core as a result of a mixture of the electrical forces within the core, daily Earth's rotation, and its thermal movement. The purpose of the study is to build the model of the near equatorial magnetic field, studying the effect of South Atlantic Anomaly on the near equatorial satellites and analyzing the characterization of the geomagnetic field. The building of the model is important since it can provide a better result in a small area compare to a large area. In this research, 6 stations located near the equatorial region were selected. The stations chosen can be used in designing the model using spherical cap harmonic analysis. The result for this research is still preliminary stage. The model constructed will be tested, verified and validated. The well-verified model will be capable to predict the characteristic of the geomagnetic field and can be used to study the effect of South Atlantic anomaly on the near equatorial satellites.","PeriodicalId":150022,"journal":{"name":"2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125772255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}