Title :
Analysis of oceanic features from dual-polarization high resolution X-band SAR imagery for oil spill detection purposes
Author :
Velotto, Domenico ; Lehner, Susanne ; Soloviev, Alexander ; Maingot, Chris
Author_Institution :
Remote Sensing Inst. -SAR Oceanogr. (MF-GW), German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany
Abstract :
Most part of the sea oil pollution is caused by unintentional and intentional discharges from ships and offshore platforms. Being a serious threat of the marine ecosystem, tools that offer wide area coverage and 24h/day monitoring capabilities are needed. In this way, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has become an operational instrument to contrast deliberate oil releases and to monitor areas affected by oil accident.
Keywords :
ecology; geophysical image processing; industrial pollution; oceanographic techniques; offshore installations; oil pollution; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; seawater; synthetic aperture radar; underwater optics; dual polarization high resolution X-band SAR imagery; marine ecosystem; oceanic features; offshore platforms; oil accident; oil spill detection; ships; synthetic aperture radar; Marine vehicles; Pollution measurement; Remote sensing; Scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Synthetic aperture radar; TerraSAR-X; biogenic slicks; dual-pol Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data; oil slick; oil spill; ship wakes;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350840
