An improved RST approach for timely alert and near real time monitoring of oil spill disasters by using AVHRR data

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1281-1291

  Grimaldi, C S L ^a   Casciello, D ^b   Coviello, I ^c   Lacava, T ^c   Pergola, N ^a,c   Tramutoli, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b ARPA Lombardia   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; COASTAL ZONE; DETECTION METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MONITORING; NOAA SATELLITE; OIL SPILL; SATELLITE DATA;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79955965428     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1281-2011     Document Type: Article

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