Observation of artificial slicks with SIR-C/X-SAR around Japan

Author

Masuko, Harunobu ; Kobayashi, Tatsuharu ; Okamoto, Ken´ichi ; Alpers, Wemer

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Lab., Minist. of Posts & Telecommun., Koganei, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

227

Abstract

In order to determine suitable parameters for surveillance of oil pollution with imaging radar from space and to investigate the damping mechanism of surface waves by slicks, the experiments to observe controlled slick areas were made around Japan during each of the SIR-C/X-SAR first and second flight missions in April and October 1994, respectively. The artificial slick areas were produced by a small ship with oleyl alcohol. The small ship measured the sea surface conditions including surface wind vector, etc. The dependencies of the damping ratio of NRCS on radar frequencies and polarizations are compared for wind speed and directions, and other surface conditions. The preliminary results of the analysis are shown

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave scattering; oceanographic techniques; pollution measurement; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; water pollution measurement; North Pacific; SAR; SIR; SIR-C; Sea of Japan; X-SAR; artificial slick; damping mechanism; imaging radar; measurement technique; ocean wave; oil pollution; oleyl alcohol; polarimetry; polarization; radar remote sensing; sea surface; space; surface wave; water pollution; Damping; Marine vehicles; Oil pollution; Radar imaging; Sea surface; Space missions; Spaceborne radar; Surface contamination; Surface waves; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520244

Filename

520244