THE REMOTE SENSING OF OIL SLICKS BY RADAR,

Abstract

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 aperature 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)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709982

Entities

People

  • C. G. Purves
  • N. W. Guinard

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • C Band
  • Case Studies
  • Coast Guard
  • Frequency
  • Monitoring
  • Nova Scotia
  • Oil Spills
  • Polarization
  • Radar
  • Radar Sensing
  • Remote Sensing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.