On the Use of Dual-Polarized SAR Data for Oil Spill Observation

Author

Nunziata, Ferdinando ; Gambardella, Attilio ; Migliaccio, Maurizio

Author_Institution

Dipt. per le Tecnol. Centro Direzionale, Univ. degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Naples

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

In this paper a novel approach for oil spill observation, based on partially polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, is proposed. A model which relates the co-polarized phase difference (CPD) to the sea surface scattering mechanism with and without slicks is developed. Experiments accomplished over multi-look complex (MLC) C-Band SAR data, show that the CPD approach is useful both to observe oil spills and to distinguish between oil spills and biogenic slicks.

Keywords

marine pollution; oceanographic techniques; oil pollution; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; C-Band SAR data; biogenic slicks; co-polarized phase difference; dual-polarized SAR data; multi-look complex; oil spill observation; partially polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar; sea surface scattering mechanism; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Oil pollution; Petroleum; Phase detection; Radar detection; Radar scattering; Remote monitoring; Sea surface; Synthetic aperture radar; SAR; oil spill detection; polarimetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778968

Filename

4778968