Use of ATSR and SAR measurements for the monitoring and characterisation of night-time gas flaring from off-shore platforms: The North Sea test case

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-186

  Casadio, S ^a   Arino, O ^a   Minchella, A ^a  

^a ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gas flaring; Off shore oil extraction; Satellite

Indexed keywords

ALONG-TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETERS; CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION; ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FLARING ACTIVITY; GAS FLARING; INVERSION SCHEME; NORTH SEA; OFF SHORE PLATFORMS; OFF-SHORE; OIL AND GAS; OIL EXTRACTION; SAR DATA; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SHORT WAVE INFRARED; SINGLE SITES; TECHNICAL INFORMATION; TEST CASE; THERMAL INFRARED; TIME-PERIODS;

CRUDE OIL; INFRARED RADIATION; SATELLITES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; CRUDE OIL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84859928673     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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