• DocumentCode
    3670935
  • Title

    Oil spill observation: A physical approach

  • Author

    S. A. Ermakov;M. Migliaccio;M. Tranfaglia

  • Author_Institution
    Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ulyanova Street, 603600 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    Oil spills dramatically affect the marine ecosystem and must be properly observed to enforce laws and minimize their effects. A microwave remote sensing can be of great help in supporting oil spill observations. In this study we show how the comprehension of underlying physics is essential.
  • Keywords
    "Sea surface","Surface waves","Damping","Synthetic aperture radar","Fuels","Films","Wind speed"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    USA-Baltic Internation Symposium, 2004
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BALTIC.2004.7296830
  • Filename
    7296830