Recent advances on SAR polarimetry to observe surfactants and targets at sea

Author

Migliaccio, Maurizio ; Nunziata, Ferdinando ; Marino, Armando ; Hajnsek, Irena

Author_Institution

Dipt. per le Tecnol., Univ. di Napoli Parthenope, Naples, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

21-26 July 2013

Firstpage

3195

Lastpage

3198

Abstract

In this study recent advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) polarimetry to observe sea oil slicks and man-made metallic targets are reviewed in the frame of the ESA funded PolSAR-Ap project. The most up-to-dated quad-pol approaches to observe sea oil slicks and metallic targets are reviewed and their performance is discussed against conventional single- and dual-pol approaches using actual L- and C-band Single Look Complex (SLC) SAR data. The unique benefits of quad-pol SAR data to observe both oil slicks and metallic targets are clearly shown.

Keywords

marine pollution; oceanographic techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; water pollution measurement; C-band SLC SAR data; L-band SLC SAR data; PolSAR-Ap project; SAR polarimetry; Single Look Complex; dual-pol approach; man-made metallic targets; sea oil slicks; single-pol approach; surfactant observation; synthetic aperture radar; up-to-dated quad-pol approaches; Detectors; Marine vehicles; Polarimetry; Remote sensing; Scattering; Sea surface; Synthetic aperture radar; SAR polarimetry; metallic targets; oil spill;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723506

Filename

6723506