On the interpretation of SAR imagery from the Sea Empress oil spill
Abstract. A method for monitoring oil spills using SAR imagery is suggested, based on the simulation of the wave spectrum using modelled surface winds. A first order separation of the purely wind-driven backscatter distribution and its modification due to surfactant was made by parametrizing the effect of surfactant on the wave growth rate and on the reflective properties of the sea surface. The technique was applied to a SAR image showing the Sea Empress oil spill, in south-west Wales, UK.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 10 March 1998
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