rfi status: where and how to deal with it. lisbon, 11 … · rfi status: where and how to deal with...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
1
RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it.Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009
N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. Søbjærg,
and S. S. Kristensen
National Space Institute
Technical University of Denmark
![Page 2: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
2
EMIRAD Radiometer System
• L-band, 1400 - 1427 MHz
• Fully polarimetric system
• Digital radiometer with subharmonic sampling
• Digital processing in FPGA - 2!nd and 4!th order moments of PDF are
calculated
– i.e. Kurtosis is calculated
• Data integrated to 8 msec (from 2008: 1 msec) and recorded
• Fast data integrated to 1.8 µsec (from 2008: 14.7 µsec) and recorded
• 2 antennas
– nadir
– 40 deg aft
![Page 3: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
3
EMIRAD on HUT Skyvan
![Page 4: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
4
Approaches to Detecting RFI
1. Time domain – look for pulses
2. Frequency domain – look for carrier frequencies
3. Amplitude domain – look for non-thermal distribution
Thermal waveformSinusoidal waveform
Gaussian pdfNon-Gaussian pdf
![Page 5: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
5
Brief Theory of Kurtosis Operation
• Desired radiometric (science) signals are noise-like
– Gaussian probability distribution function (PDF)
• RFI is man-made
– PDFs will be non-Gaussian in general
• Exploiting this distinction is the basis for RFI flagging
• Underlying Statistics:
– all higher-order moments of a Gaussian are uniquely determined byits lowest two moments
– the second central moment is nothing but the brightnesstemperature of the scene
– the ratio equals 3 for a Gaussian PDF
– or to say it differently: the moment ratio - Kurtosis - is 3 for naturaltargets and typically significantly different for RFI signals
– Threshold = Kurtosis mean + 4 times Kurtosis std. dev.
!
k =< x4 (t) >
< x2 (t) >2
![Page 6: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
6
Kurtosis Values and Blind Spot
Kurtosis is:
! = 3 for Gaussian
! > 3 for pulse
! = 1.5 for CW
! = 3 for 50% duty cycle
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
T
msec
K
K
TB
TBTB
TB + RFITB + RFI
![Page 7: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7
Overview of CoSMOS Campaigns
Campaign: Where: When: What:
CoSMOS - Aus Australia Fall 05 Land
CoSMOS - OS Norway Spring 06 Ocean
POL-ICE Finland Winter 07 Ice
Demonstrator Finland Summer 07 Ocean
Rehearsal Germany - Spain Spring 08 Land
![Page 8: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
8
Flight Pattern off Norway
![Page 9: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
9
Example: RFI Seen Directly on TB
![Page 10: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
10
RFI Detected by Kurtosis
![Page 11: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
11
Detailed View: One 8 msec Frame - Heavily Contaminated
![Page 12: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
12
Coastal Crossing: Kurtosis Independent From TB
![Page 13: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
13
RFI Percentages, North Sea
Date Aft H Aft V Nadir H Nadir V
6/4 - 06 0.44% 0.53% 0.31% 0.49%
9/4 - 06 0.06% 0.37% 0.06% 0.44%
10/4 - 06 0.03% 0.36% 0.05% 0.43%
12/4 - 06 0.04% 0.31% 0.04% 0.36%
13/4 - 06 0.57% 1.02% 0.87% 1.16%
15/4 - 06 0.05% 0.61% 0.06% 0.72%
16/4 - 06 1.97% 2.44% 3.37% 1.52%
18/4 - 06 0.13% 0.46% 0.06% 0.56%
19/4 - 06 0.70% 1.45% 2.34% 0.90%
22/4 - 06 35.9% 41.6% 43.9% 18.0%
25/4 - 06 0.05% 0.27% 0.06% 0.29%
29/4 - 06 31.2% 35.4% 53.3% 18.7%
30/4 - 06 0.99% 0.28% 0.44% 0.60%
![Page 14: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
14
RFI Percentages, Australia and Finland
Date Aft H Aft V Nadir H Nadir V
15/11 - 05 2.99% 0.83% 15.0% 2.58%
27/11 - 05 2.26% 0.55% 17.4% 2.69%
29/11 - 05 2.94% 0.78% 16.0% 1.22%
3/12 - 05 5.44% 5.70% 30.0% 5.34%
6/12 - 05 4.03% 2.10% 21.8% 4.97%
Date Aft H Aft V Nadir H Nadir V
8/3 - 07 0.86% 1.6% 0.59% 0.81%
11/3 - 07 0.07% 0.16% 0.12% 0.10%
12/3 - 07 10.8% 21.5% 8.6% 20.8%
13/3 - 07 0.17% 0.22% 0.12% 0.09%
13/8 - 07 0.08% 0.50% 0.07% 0.56%
13/8 - 07 0.23% 3.8% 0.61% 0.46%
15/8 - 07 0.22% 0.42% 0.11% 0.38%
![Page 15: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
15
RFI Percentages, München and Valencia
Date Aft H Aft V Nadir H Nadir V
8/4 - 08 2.74% 2.80% 1.79% 2.70%
14/4 - 08 1.66% 1.82% 1.70% 1.89%
18/4 - 08 4.16% 3.57% 3.46% 3.51%
Date Aft H Aft V Nadir H Nadir V
22/4 - 08 3.28% 3.35% 1.82% 1.88%
24/4 - 08 8.93% 4.64% 3.34% 2.59%
28/4 - 08 4.50% 2.87% 2.39% 2.31%
2/5 - 08 34.6% 30.5% 38.5% 32.9%
![Page 16: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
16
RFI Percentages, Transit Back Home
Where? Aft H Aft V Nadir H Nadir V
Valencia –
Casablanca
42.4% 18.1% 10.7% 23.3%
Casablanca -
Marseille
33.2% 24.3% 20.63% 28.32%
Marseille - Dole 14.1% 17.7% 10.7% 12.9%
Dole - Luxembourg 7.09% 5.67% 4.20% 4.53%
Luxembourg -
Wurstenbach
0.11% 0.19% 0.04% 0.17%
Wurstenbach -
Paderhorn
3.83% 4.89% 3.23% 4.15%
Paderhorn - Kalmar 3.47% 2.63% 1.57% 1.75%
Kalmar - Helsinki 0.57% 0.73% 0.32% 0.42%
![Page 17: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
17
Impact of RFI Corruption in Terms of TB(K)
• München, 14 April
• Nadir horn, V-pol. as example
• Appr. 1.9 % data flagged
• An RFI pixel is about 800 x 800 m, and corresponds to 7000 1 msecsamples
![Page 18: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
18
RFI Flags Near München
![Page 19: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
19
Impact of RFI Corruption in Terms of TB(K)
• München, 14 April
• Nadir horn, V-pol. as example
• Appr. 1.9 % data flagged
• An RFI pixel is about 800 x 800 m, and corresponds to 7000 1 msecsamples
• Using the 1 msec data, flagged samples are removed from the 7000samples that make up 1 RFI pixel in the map, and the “true” TB valuecalculated. Then the impact of the RFI is found.
![Page 20: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
20
RFI Distribution According to Impact on TB
![Page 21: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
21
Impact of RFI Corruption in Terms of TB(K)
• München, 14 April
• Nadir horn, V-pol. as example
• Appr. 1.9 % data flagged
• An RFI pixel is about 800 x 800 m, and corresponds to 7000 1 msecsamples
• Using the 1 msec data, flagged samples are removed from the 7000samples that make up 1 RFI pixel in the map, and the “true” TB valuecalculated. Then the impact of the RFI is found.
• Most of the flagged RFI is below 1 K
• Much is actually below 0.1 K
• Significant amount in the 1 - 10 K region
• This is very difficult to detect using conventional threshold algorithms!
• Can however be done with very fast sampling rate (RFI of pulsed nature)
![Page 22: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
22
München - Overview
![Page 23: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
23
München - “DLR” Airport and Vicinity
![Page 24: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
24
München - Campaign Area
![Page 25: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
25
Valencia - Overview
![Page 26: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
26
Valencia - Airport and Industrial Area
![Page 27: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
27
Valencia - Campaign Area
![Page 28: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
28
Vercors
![Page 29: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
29
Marseille
![Page 30: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
30
Montelimar
![Page 31: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
31
Dijon
![Page 32: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
32
Troyes
![Page 33: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
33
Lübeck
![Page 34: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
34
Kurtosis Discussion
• In general only a few percent of data samples are flagged
• South France much worse, 15%! - or more (scale dependent), gradually
back to “normal” going north
• Significant fraction close to airports and cities - away from research areas.
– fine for airborne campaigns
– but for space systems!!?!
• Significant fraction - but surely not all - of flagged data only contribute
insignificantly to TB. This is especially true for land applications.
• Kurtosis is one method for RFI detection with its own advantages andproblems. Especially, there is a blind spot for 50% duty cycle signals!
• Kurtosis seems to work very well over North European seas
• Problems have been reported in München and Valencia: some clear andlarge signals are not flagged by kurtosis!??
• The kurtosis can be regarded as an offer: the user can always take the TBoutput and handle RFI by traditional means - Not recommended though!
![Page 35: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
35
Polarimetric Data
• Natural targets have very small 3!rd and 4!th Stokes
• Linearly polarized RFI normally not aligned with H and V of ourinstrument, hence we get 3!rd Stokes
• Many surveillance radars use circular polarization, hence we get 4!thStokes
• Experience with EMIRAD shows that often Kurtosis flagged data has
significant signals in 3!rd and 4!th Stokes, but not always. The oppositecan also be the case.
• Subject for further investigations
• Anyway, looking for signals in the 3!rd and 4!th Stokes channels ofSMOS can be an important method for RFI detection
![Page 36: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
36
Fast Data Example
• The 8 msec data sample has been flagged by Kurtosis
• All Stokes parameters of one 8 msec interval are shown
• Beware large !T due to minute integration time
• To the right of the H and V curves is shown the offset in K due to the RFIwhen integrated over 8 msec.
![Page 37: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
37
Fast Data Example (H and V polarization)
3.6K
7.5K
![Page 38: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
38
Fast Data Example – (3!rd and 4!th Stokes)
![Page 39: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
39
3!rd and 4!th Stokes used as RFI Indicators
• Compare with kurtosis
• Assume kurtosis is the “truth”
• Assume 3!rd and 4!th Stokes = 0 over natural targets
• If parameters are larger than prescribed value, then flag as RFI
• This value is horizontal axis
![Page 40: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
40
3!rd and 4!th Stokes used as RFI Indicators
![Page 41: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
41
3!rd and 4!th Stokes used as RFI Indicators
• Compare with kurtosis
• Assume kurtosis is the “truth”
• Assume 3!rd and 4!th Stokes = 0 over natural targets
• If parameters are larger than prescribed value, then flag as RFI
• This value is horizontal axis
• Set prescribed value = 10 K
• Catch 60% of kurtosis flagged data - the “low” value is not surprising:we know that about half of kurtosis flagged data have very low impacton TB and this may be what we see here
• Discards 5% of “clean” data
• Might these 5% actually be RFI not flagged by kurtosis?
• Proposal: a combination of kurtosis and Stokes > 10 K might be apowerful RFI detection tool (yet still simple and safe to calculate).
• This is under investigation.
![Page 42: RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 … · RFI Status: Where and How to Deal with it. Lisbon, 11 - 13 March 2009 N. Skou, J. Balling, S. S. S¿bj¾rg , and S. S](https://reader030.vdocuments.us/reader030/viewer/2022021718/5b9a0f0f09d3f29c338d71d4/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
42
Conclusions
• RFI is generally there
• RFI is very variable in nature, time, and space
• DTU flights have generally experienced 1% RFI flagging over ruralresearch areas - no problem for science data when you know
• But for airborne instruments RFI flagging seems a must!
• The traditional search for unusual, large TBs is difficult and unreliable
• Kurtosis flagging seems all in all to work very reliably
• Some additional cleaning might be needed
• Alternative methods:
– very fast sampling and recording (in this case 1.8 µsec) seems very
powerful for most (pulsed) RFI
– signatures in the 3!rd and 4!th Stokes channels seems to indicate RFI
– a combination of kurtosis and the above is being investigated.
– the kurtosis algorithm itself is also under investigation ( furtherintegration of kurtosis, different calculation time intervals).