@book{JRC31298,
	editor = {},
	address = {},
	year = {2005},
	author = {Ferraro Di Silvi E Castiglione G and Fortuny Guasch J and Tarchi D and Sieber A},
	isbn = {},
	abstract = {The present activities of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate
		General of the European Commission, in the field of monitoring
		sea-based oil pollution are described. The methodology used to process
		and interpret a massive set of satellite images (i.e., mosaics over all European
		Seas) and the relevant legal framework are briefly introduced. Both
		the issues of accidental and deliberate oil discharges are addressed. The
		presentation then focuses on JRC experience acquired on the use of satellite
		images during the Prestige accident emergency in 2002. At that time,
		the JRC provided technical assistance on the interpretation of the satellite
		images to the EC Civil Protection Mechanism and interested EU Member
		States. In addition to this task, JRC is carrying out a systematic mapping of
		the illicit vessel discharges using mosaics of satellite images over all the
		European Seas. These maps and the associated statistics are repeated on an
		annual basis in order to assess its evolution. The results obtained for the
		Mediterranean and the Black Sea are of special interest due to the lack of a
		regular aerial surveillance as that in the North and in the Baltic Sea. This
		action helped to reveal for the first time the dimension of the oil pollution
		problem, thus stressing the need for more concerted international actions.
		Finally, a strategy to tackle this issue is presented. In this context, the need
		for additional research efforts involving the competent regional/national
		authorities and the importance of securing the role of space-borne sensors
		in support to aerial and naval means are outlined. The proposed strategy is
		based on the involvement of the end-users. Consequently, the JRC together
		with DG Environment has established a permanent Group of Experts on
		satellite monitoring of sea-based oil pollution.
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		},
	title = {Satellite Monitoring of Accidental and Deliberate Marine Oil Pollution},
	url = {},
	volume = {},
	number = {},
	journal = {},
	pages = {},
	issn = {},
	publisher = {Springer},
	doi = {}
}