An innovative methodological approach in the frame of Marine Strategy Framework Directive: A statistical model based on ship detection SAR data for monitoring programmes

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-35

  Pieralice, Francesca ^a   Proietti, Raffaele ^a   La Valle, Paola ^a   Giorgi, Giordano ^a   Mazzolena, Marco ^b   Taramelli, Andrea ^a   Nicoletti, Luisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b GalileianPlus Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boat anchoring; Copernicus; Environmental monitoring; Marine Strategy Framework Directive; Ship detection; Synthetic aperture radar

Indexed keywords

BOATS; MARINE RADAR; SHIPS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

COPERNICUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS; MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SEMI-AUTOMATIC PROCEDURES; SHIP DETECTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

RADAR IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VESSEL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BOAT ANCHORING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; PRESSURE AND TENSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABED ABRASION PRESSURE; SHIP DETECTION; SHIPPING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TELECOMMUNICATION; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; SHIP;

ITALY; LIGURIA;

ALGORITHMS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADAR; SHIPS;

EID: 84921958618     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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