Application of KOMPSAT-5 data for emergent oil spill monitoring

Author

Kim, Duk-Jin ; Moon, Wooil M. ; Hwang, Ji-Hwan ; Kim, Youn-Soo

Author_Institution

Sch. of Earth & Environ. Sci., Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

1254

Lastpage

1257

Abstract

In this paper, we discussed the functionalities of KOMPSAT-5 from the emergency response perspective to oil spill detection, describing its technical abilities in terms of maneuverability, system response time, image quality, and damping ratio. The damping ratio at the X-band was higher than that at other available frequencies, which increased the probability of oil spill detection from SAR data. However, the detection of oil spills depends significantly on the wind condition and the presence of look-alikes. Oil spill detection algorithm for KOMPSAT-5 estimates wind information directly from SAR data, and is expected to enhance the detection capability.

Keywords

marine pollution; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; KOMPSAT-5 data; SAR data; X-band data; damping ratio; image quality; oil spill monitoring; system response time; wind condition; Backscatter; Damping; Petroleum; Sea surface; Surface waves; Wind speed; KOMPSAT-5; Oil spill; SAR; X-band; emergency response;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651230

Filename

5651230