DocumentCode
2666147
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
fYear
2007
fDate
23-28 July 2007
Firstpage
967
Lastpage
970
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422960
Filename
4422960
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