Title :
Oil spill detection using COSMO-SkyMed over the adriatic sea: The operational potential
Author :
Vespe, Michele ; Ferraro, Guido ; Posada, Monica ; Greidanus, Harm ; Perkovic, Marko
Author_Institution :
Eur. Comm. Joint Res. Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper the potential of COSMO-SkyMed is examined for oil spill detection, focusing on the Adriatic Sea. The low revisit time and the radiometric characteristics of COSMO-SkyMed point to good suitability of the instrument for operational oil spill detection in the area. The possibility of querying Automatic Identification System (AIS) data over the area, with almost no coverage gaps, offers a unique instrument to aid verification activities and the eventual identification of the discharging ship.
Keywords :
marine pollution; oceanographic regions; oil pollution; radiometry; Adriatic Sea; COSMO-SkyMed point; aid verification activities; automatic identification system data; discharging ship; low revisit time; operational oil spill detection; operational potential; radiometric characteristics; Instruments; Marine vehicles; Monitoring; Radiometry; Satellites; Sea measurements; Shape; AIS; Oil spill detection; Satellite SAR;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050208
