Oil spill detection using COSMO-SkyMed over the adriatic sea: The operational potential

VESPE, Michele; FERRARO, DI SILVI E CASTIGLIONE Guido; POSADA,  SANCHEZ Monica; VAN, WIMERSMA GREIDANUS Herman; PERKOVIC, Marko

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050208

In this paper the potential of COSMO-SkyMed is examined for operational oil spill detection, focusing on the Adriatic Sea. A limiting feature of satellite SAR for routine oil spill monitoring purposes is the low revisit time over the same area. Therefore, the potential of acquiring COSMO-SkyMed images, which are spaced by only a few hours in the Adriatic Sea, offers significant advantages for operational services in terms of detection confirmation capabilities, spills drift measurement and follow-up procedure definition in support to aerial and naval means. In addition, other characteristics of COSMO-SkyMed point to good suitability of the instrument for operational oil spill detection in the area.

VESPE Michele; FERRARO DI SILVI E CASTIGLIONE Guido; POSADA SANCHEZ Monica; VAN WIMERSMA GREIDANUS Herman; PERKOVIC Marko;

2012-01-30

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

JRC62794

978-1-4577-1005-6,

2153-7003,

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6050208&tag=1, https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC62794,

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050208,

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