Satellite SAR analysis and interpretation of oil spill in the offshore water of Hong Kong

Annals of GIS

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Fan, K ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Lin, H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Offshore water; Oil pollution; Oil spill; SAR

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CHINA; HONG KONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79958697371     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2010.540259     Document Type: Article

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