Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651230
