REMOTE SENSING OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OIL POLLUTION EXPERIMENT

The Coast Guard conducted a controlled oil spill test off the coast of Southern California, in order to evaluate the performance of several remote sensing techniques which show promise in the detection and surveillance of oil slicks. The remote sensing techniques portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. This report contains the results and findings from the participants in the Southern California Oil Pollution Experiment.

• Corporate Authors:

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Publication Date: 1971-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 111 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detectors; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Remote sensing
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill detection
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019672
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Coast Guard
• Report/Paper Numbers: 714104
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 25 1973 12:00AM