Oil spill monitoring using multi-temporal SAR and microwave scatterometer data

Author

Shao, Yun ; Tian, Wei ; Wang, Shiang ; Zhang, Fengli

Author_Institution

Inst. of Remote Sensing Applic., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

On the 7^th of December 2007, the 146,000-ton oil tanker, Hebei Spirit, was wrecked and leaked more than 10,000 ton crude oil onto the sea off the west coast of the South Korea. In this paper, the monitoring of the oil spills in this pollution accident using multi-temporal Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and microwave scatterometer (QSCAT and ASCAT) data was illustrated. The impact of this oil spill pollution on the China´s marine environment was evaluated. The result shows the capability and the effectiveness of microwave remote sensing data in oil spill monitoring and forecasting.

Keywords

marine pollution; microwaves; oceanography; oil pollution; remote sensing; AD 2007 12 07; ASCAT data; Advanced Scatterometer; China marine environment; Hebei Spirit oil tanker; QSCAT data; QuikScat mission; coast of South Korea; crude oil; microwave remote sensing data; microwave scatterometer data; multi-temporal SAR data; oil pollution; oil spill forecasting; oil spill monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; Accidents; Oil pollution; Petroleum; Radar measurements; Remote monitoring; Sea surface; Stress; Surface contamination; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind; China; Microwave scatterometer; Multi-temporal; Oil spill; SAR; South Korea;

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.2008.4779617

Filename

4779617