POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF AN INFRARED SPECTRORADIOMETER FOR REMOTE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF OIL SLICKS ON WATER

The application of a monitoring spectroradiometer for the real -time detection and subsequent identification of floating oil slicks is suggested by the simulation experiments on floating organic films. The spectroradiometer had a circular variable interference filter as a monochromator and a small computer for instrument control and preliminary data reduction. The floating organic films used were styrene and oleic acid, compounds which exhibit distinctive spectra in the 8.5 to l2.5-mu range of the instrument that was available. Characteristic dispersion spectra of these films were obtained successfully, and the development concepts for an actual oil monitoring system are discussed.

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• Authors:
  • Mattson, J S
  • Mark Jr, H B
  • Prostak, A
  • Schutt, C E
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 415-420
• Serial:
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Volume: 5 N
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society
  • ISSN: 0013-936X
  • EISSN: 1520-5851
  • Serial URL: http://pubs.acs.org/journal/esthag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution sources; Detectors; Identification systems; Infrared spectroscopy; Oil spill cleanup; Pollution control; Remote sensing
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill detection
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00028590
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM