Assessing the effect of hydrocarbon oil type and thickness on a remote sensing signal: A sensitivity study based on the optical properties of two different oil types and the HYMAP and Quickbird sensors

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2000-2010

  Wettle, Magnus ^a   Daniel, Paul J ^b   Logan, Graham A ^a   Thankappan, Medhavy ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon oil; Hyperspectral; Image noise; Multispectral; Oil slicks; Optical remote sensing; Reflectance measurements; Sensitivity analysis; Transmittance measurements

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON OIL; HYPERSPECTRAL; IMAGE NOISE; MULTISPECTRAL; OIL SLICKS; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS;

ABSORPTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SENSORS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

ABSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROCARBON; OIL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 67651122891     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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