Detection of Oil near Shorelines during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Detection of Oil near Shorelines during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

During any marine oil spill, floating oil slicks that reach shorelines threaten a wide array of coastal habitats. To assess the presence of oil near shorelines during the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, we scanned the library of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery collected during the event to...

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Main Authors: Oscar Garcia-Pineda, Jamie Holmes, Matt Rissing, Russell Jones, Cameron Wobus, Jan Svejkovsky, Mark Hess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
DWH
SAR
oil spill
oiled shoreline
image processing
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/6/567

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