APPLICATION OF SPECTROMETRIC AND POLARIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR REMOTE SENSING OF OIL ON SEA WATERS

The paper presents the results of the investigations to obtain complex data on the optical properties of the sea surface polluted by an oil film, and work out recommendations for remote sensing. The apparatus installed on-board a helicopter included a hand-held spectrograph, a polarimeter and two cameras operating in four spectral regions. Both the spectrograph and cameras are provided with polarization attachments. Data have been obtained on spectral brightness distribution and the degree of polarization of the radiative flux at different heading angles relative to the sun and at various viewing angles for the cases of the clean and polluted sea surface.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 9th, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 15-19, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

  Willow Run Laboratory, 3300 Plymouth Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48105
• Authors:
  • Kondratyev, K Y
  • Buznikov, A A
  • Pozdnyakov, D V
  • Ivanyan, G A
  • Lakhtanov, G A
  • Orlov, V M
  • Mikhailova, S M
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Detection and identification; Detectors; Environmental quality; Fluorometers; Measurement; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Optical instruments; Polarization; Remote sensing; Spectrum analysis; Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Environmental applications; Fluorometric detection; Oil spill detection; Polarimeters; Polarization measurement; Spectrographs
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156300
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM