Operational utilization of aerial multispectral remote sensing during oil spill response: Lessons learned during the deepwater horizon (MC-252) spill

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1089-1102

  Svejkovsky, Jan ^a   Lehr, William ^b   Muskat, Judd ^c   Graettinger, George ^b   Mullin, Joseph ^d  

^a Ocean Imaging Corporation   (United States)

^b National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d Joseph Mullin Consulting LLC   (United States)

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EID: 84868030003     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.78.10.1089     Document Type: Article

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