Marine pollution in European coastal waters monitored by the ERS-2 SAR: a comprehensive statistical analysis

Author

Gade, Martin ; Redondo, José M.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Meereskunde, Hamburg Univ., Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1239

Abstract

The oil pollution of the southern Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the northwestern Mediterranean Sea has been studied within a two-year period from December 1996 until November 1998. In total, the authors have analyzed more than 700 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, which have been acquired over the three test areas by the Second European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-2). They present the results of their statistical analyses. Moreover, they introduce advanced image processing techniques for the classification of the observed radar signatures, namely the calculation of the fractal dimension, and discuss the possibility of identifying different types of oceanic phenomena

Keywords

fractals; geophysical signal processing; image classification; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; water pollution measurement; AD 1996; AD 1997; AD 1998; Baltic Sea; ERS-2; Europe; Mediterranean Sea; North Sea; SAR; coast; coastal waters; fractal dimension; image classification; image processing; marine pollution; measurement technique; ocean; oil pollution; oil spill; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; radar signature; statistical analysis; synthetic aperture radar; water pollution; Image analysis; Marine pollution; Monitoring; Oil pollution; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing; Water pollution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '99 MTS/IEEE. Riding the Crest into the 21st Century

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5628-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1999.800168

Filename

800168