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

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4403-4406

  Vespe, Michele ^a   Ferraro, Guido ^a   Posada, Monica ^a   Greidanus, Harm ^a   Perkovic, Marko ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

AIS; Oil spill detection; Satellite SAR

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; AIS; AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; COVERAGE GAPS; OIL SPILL DETECTION; RADIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTIC; SATELLITE SAR; VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES;

AUTOMATION; GEOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

OIL SPILLS;

EID: 80955141869     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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