The contribution of ASTER, CBERS, R99/SIPAM e OrbiSAR-1 data to improve the oceanic monitoring

This paper presents some results using a series of satellite and airborne sensors to monitor the environmental conditions of an oceanic area in the SW South Atlantic off Brazil. The following sensors were used: RADARSAT-1, VNIR- TIR/ASTER Terra, WFI-CCD/CBERS, OrbiSAR-1 and R99 SAR/SIPAM. The analysis presented refers to the data collected during the occurrence of a large meso-scale Brazil Current frontal eddy and a concurrent but uncommon sea floor oil seep event. The surface expression of the oil seep was captured by the eddy. The integrated data set analysis showed that the availability of this set of images made it possible to obtain spatial and physical details of these two features, which could not have been achieved using solely one single sensor alone.