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Project Number 154
Date of Summary September 30, 1990
Subject Development of Improved Oil Spill Remote Sensing Techniques
Performing Activity Emergencies Science Division, Environment Canada
Principal Investigator Mr. Merv F. Fingas
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Completed
Description The Minerals Management Service has initiated a cooperative effort with Environment Canada to participate in a study of improving existing remote sensing technology. Oil spill remote sensing is an important tool for both experimental and operational spills. Remote sensing applications to spills can be expanded if existing problems can be solved and if low cost instruments can be adapted for this purpose. Three approaches were taken:

1) the use of shipborne radar as a practical aid to spill control;

2) the study of Infra- red oil spill remote sensing;

3) the study of dispersant signature in remote sensing imagery.
Progress Completed

Reports
AT File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (85 pages) Guptill, F. W., Evaluation of Wright and Wright Oil Film Monitor for Detection of Offshore Chronic Oil Discharges, Environmental Emergencies Manuscript Report Number EE-98, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, January 1988.
AW File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (26 pages) Fingas, M. F., Remote Sensing of Oil Spills, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, pp. 361-386, June 6-8, 1990.
AX File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . (24 pages) Fingas, M., Oil Spill Remote Sensing: A Review, prepared by the Chevron Oil Spill Workshop, San Francisco, California, September 24-27, 1991.

 

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