Title :
Ocean surface slicks-pollution, productivity, climate and life-saving
Author_Institution :
Underwater Sensors & Oceanogr. Dept., Defence Evaluation & Res. Agency, Dorset, UK
Abstract :
Reviews the physical mechanisms relevant to slicks; their observation; their role in complicating pollution detection; and their potential uses for ocean and climate studies. The multi-disciplinary nature of slicks research-needing expertise from organic chemistry through colloid physics and fluid mechanics to radar imaging-makes it a particularly interesting and challenging field of research
Keywords :
climatology; remote sensing by radar; water pollution; climatology; colloid physics; fluid mechanics; observation; ocean productivity; ocean surface slicks; oceanography; organic chemistry; physical mechanisms; pollution detection; radar imaging; water pollution; Damping; Marine pollution; Oceans; Petroleum; Productivity; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Sea surface; Surface contamination; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771989
