Scatterometer use for oil spill measurements

Our results show that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is detectable by ASCAT. We account for low wind speed oil look-alikes by comparing ASCAT measurements against NWP data. The estimated size and shape validates well with NOAA estimates for most of the spill. It is remarkable that a relatively coar...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE aerospace and electronic systems magazine 2012-05, Vol.27 (5), p.42-43
1. Verfasser:	Lindsley, Richard D.
Format:	Magazinearticle
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidents Current measurement Image resolution Microwave measurements Oil pollution Radar detection Radar imaging Sea measurements
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