Title :
Oil spill monitoring using multi-temporal SAR and microwave scatterometer data
Author :
Shao, Yun ; Tian, Wei ; Wang, Shiang ; Zhang, Fengli
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Remote Sensing Applic., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
On the 7th of December 2007, the 146,000-ton oil tanker, Hebei Spirit, was wrecked and leaked more than 10,000 ton crude oil onto the sea off the west coast of the South Korea. In this paper, the monitoring of the oil spills in this pollution accident using multi-temporal Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and microwave scatterometer (QSCAT and ASCAT) data was illustrated. The impact of this oil spill pollution on the China´s marine environment was evaluated. The result shows the capability and the effectiveness of microwave remote sensing data in oil spill monitoring and forecasting.
Keywords :
marine pollution; microwaves; oceanography; oil pollution; remote sensing; AD 2007 12 07; ASCAT data; Advanced Scatterometer; China marine environment; Hebei Spirit oil tanker; QSCAT data; QuikScat mission; coast of South Korea; crude oil; microwave remote sensing data; microwave scatterometer data; multi-temporal SAR data; oil pollution; oil spill forecasting; oil spill monitoring; synthetic aperture radar; Accidents; Oil pollution; Petroleum; Radar measurements; Remote monitoring; Sea surface; Stress; Surface contamination; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind; China; Microwave scatterometer; Multi-temporal; Oil spill; SAR; South Korea;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779617
