THE REMOTE SENSING OF OIL SLICKS BY RADAR

The NRL Four Frequency Radar System, at Coast Guard request, was flown over the oil slick caused by the wreck of the tanker Arrow in the Chedabucto Bay area of Nova Scotia on 17 February 1970. The oil slick was mapped remotely from an EC-121 aircraft in both the horizontal and vertical polarizations. Synthetic aperture imagery was obtained in the P,X,L and C-band. This data clearly established the value of the radar sensing techniques as a tool for locating and monitoring oil spills.(Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report on Chedabucto Bay Case Study
• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Research Laboratory

  Stennis Space Center, MS  United States  39529-5004
• Authors:
  • Guinard, N W
  • Purves, C G
• Publication Date: 1970-6-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detection and identification; Mapping; Monitoring; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Radar
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill mapping; Oil spill monitoring; Radar oil slick detection
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00007546
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 1973 12:00AM