Entomological radar overview: System and signal processing

T Long, C Hu, R Wang, T Zhang, S Kong… - IEEE Aerospace and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Insect migration is a significant ecological phenomenon in nature, and difficult to directly
observe because insects are small and fly hundreds of meters above the ground at night …

Sensor‐based outdoor monitoring of insects in arable crops for their precise control

A Bieganowski, KH Dammer, A Siedliska… - Pest Management …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The implementation of precision farming technologies into agricultural practice requires,
among other things, precise determination of the extent and intensity of insect infestation in …

Deep-learning-based extraction of the animal migration patterns from weather radar images

K Cui, C Hu, R Wang, Y Sui, H Mao, H Li - Science China Information …, 2020 - Springer
Continental coverage and year-round operation of the weather radar networks provide an
unprecedented opportunity for studying large-scale airborne migration. The broad and local …

Comprehensive analysis of polarimetric radar cross-section parameters for insect body width and length estimation

W Li, C Hu, R Wang, S Kong, F Zhang - Science China Information …, 2021 - Springer
The length and width of insect body are critical parameters for entomological radar species
identification. However, the body width is not measurable in entomological radar currently. In …

Estimating insect body size from radar observations using feature selection and machine learning

C Hu, F Zhang, W Li, R Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For insect radar observations, exploiting radar echoes from insects to accurately estimate
size parameters, such as body mass, length, and width of insects, can help to identify insect …

Radar monitoring unveils migration dynamics of the yellow-spined bamboo locust (Orthoptera: Arcypteridae)

D Liu, S Zhao, X Yang, R Wang, X Cang… - … and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurate monitoring of locust migration is the basis for early warning and emergency control
programs. This article integrates laboratory recordings with the use of Ku-band vertical …

An improved radar detection and tracking method for small UAV under clutter environment

C Hu, Y Wang, R Wang, T Zhang… - Science China …, 2019 - search.proquest.com
Dear editor, The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a popular aerial instrument in both
military and civil fields [1]. Radar is an efficient tool for aerial target surveillance and target …

Insect biological parameter estimation based on the invariant target parameters of the scattering matrix

C Hu, W Li, R Wang, T Long, C Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For radar observations, invariant target parameters extracted from the scattering matrix (SM)
provide information about the target's geometry and composition. By studying the invariant …

Migratory insect multifrequency radar cross sections for morphological parameter estimation

R Wang, C Hu, C Liu, T Long, S Kong… - … on Geoscience and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Insect migration provides major ecosystem services, and sometimes, migratory pests cause
serious crop damage and yield loss. Species identification is critically important in studies of …

Discrimination of parallel and perpendicular insects based on relative phase of scattering matrix eigenvalues

C Hu, W Li, R Wang, T Long… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current vertical-beam entomological radars record the polarization direction corresponding
to the maximal ventral-aspect radar cross section (RCS) as the insect's orientation. For so …