Title :
Integrated satellite tracking of pollution: A new operational program
Author :
Gauthier, Marie-France ; Weir, Laurie ; Ou, Ziqiang ; Arkett, Matt ; De Abreu, Roger
Author_Institution :
Meteorological Service of Canada, Ottawa
Abstract :
The Canadian Ice Service (CIS) new operational program ISTOP (Integrated Satellite Tracking Of Pollution) is designed to effectively use SAR satellite imagery from Canada´s Radarsat-1 as an aid in marine oil spill detection.
Keywords :
marine pollution; oceanographic techniques; oil pollution; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Canadian Ice Service; ISTOP program; Radarsat-1; SAR satellite imagery; marine oil spill detection; pollution tracking; satellite tracking; Aircraft; Birds; Computational Intelligence Society; Ice; Oil pollution; Petroleum; Radar tracking; Satellites; Surveillance; Water pollution;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422960
