Oil slick detection by SAR imagery: Potential and limitation

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 164-169

  Girard Ardhuin, Fanny ^a   Mercier, Grégoire ^a   Garello, René ^a  

^a TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; FORECASTING; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; OIL TANKERS; RADAR IMAGING; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND;

OIL POLLUTION; OIL SLICK DETECTION; SATELLITE DETECTION;

UNDERWATER IMAGING;

EID: 1542530859     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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