Application of remote sensing data for oil spill monitoring in the Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Author

Bentz, CMstina ; De Miranda, Fernando Pellon

Author_Institution

Remote Sensing Lab., PETROBRAS Res. & Dev. Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

333

Abstract

This paper describes the application of remote sensing data for oil spill monitoring in the Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During the emergency, Landsat-5/TM (Thematic Mapper) and Radarsat-1 data were acquired to monitor the location of the spill and its movement. Image classification procedures have been utilized to highlight oil-covered areas on the water surface. Ambiguities in the oil detection were resolved with the aid of ancillary information in a GIS (geographic information system) environment. The results obtained helped PETROBRAS to optimize the emergency response procedures and subsequent cleaning efforts

Keywords

geographic information systems; image classification; oceanographic regions; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; water pollution measurement; Brazil; GIS; Guanabara Bay; Landsat-5/TM data; PETROBRAS; Radarsat-1 data; Rio de Janeiro; cleaning; emergency response procedures; geographic information system; image classification; oil spill monitoring; remote sensing data; Accidents; Geographic Information Systems; Ocean temperature; Petroleum; Radar detection; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976149

Filename

976149