An satellite synchronous observation experiment on oil slick detection with Cosmo X-SAR image

Author

Liu Yang ; Zhang Youyan ; Zou Liqun ; Mu Jian ; Huang Shanhong

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. of Pet. Exploration & Dev., PetroChina, Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

4046

Lastpage

4049

Abstract

In this paper, a satellite simultaneous SAR observation experiment was introduced. Through twice satellite imaging (half an hour interval) over the experiment area, we study the time-spatial evolution of oil slick spread on the sea surface based on SAR backscattering features. The experiment demonstrated that SAR backscattering features can be of great help in tracking the evolution of spreading oil slick on the sea surface.

Keywords

marine pollution; oceanographic techniques; oil pollution; remote sensing by radar; seawater; synthetic aperture radar; Cosmo X-SAR image; SAR backscattering features; oil slick detection; satellite simultaneous SAR observation; satellite synchronous observation; sea surface; time-spatial evolution; twice satellite imaging; Attenuation; Backscatter; Damping; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface waves; Cosmo X-SAR; Oil slick; SAR detection; South China Sea; Time-spatial evolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350521

Filename

6350521