COSMO-SkyMed contribution in oil spill monitoring of the Mediterranean Sea

Nirchio, F.; Pandiscia, G.; Ruggieri, G.; Santoleri, Rosalia; Tataranni, F.; Giancaspro, A.; Trivero, P.; Pinardi, Nadia; Masini, Andrea; Castellani, C.

doi:10.1109/igarss.2009.5418209

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“…Even the full implementation of the COSMO-SkyMed satellite mission (an Italian mission with both military and civilian purposes) with four X-band SAR satellites in constellation [17] failed to guarantee an observation frequency suitable for operational surveillance activities. Some issues related to military restrictions, data distribution and access policies have, indeed, reduced their actual use for limited time and/or areas [18]. Neither is the full deployment of the Copernicus ESA Sentinel-1 mission [19], finalized in April 2016 with the launch of the second satellite (i.e., Sentinel 1B), able to assure a temporal resolution better than three days at the equator.…”

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A MODIS-Based Robust Satellite Technique (RST) for Timely Detection of Oil Spilled Areas

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Natural crude-oil seepages, together with the oil released into seawater as a consequence of oil exploration/production/transportation activities, and operational discharges from tankers (i.e., oil dumped during cleaning actions) represent the main sources of sea oil pollution. Satellite remote sensing can be a useful tool for the management of such types of marine hazards, namely oil spills, mainly owing to the synoptic view and the good trade-off between spatial and temporal resolution, depending on the specific platform/sensor system used. In this paper, an innovative satellite-based technique for oil spill detection, based on the general robust satellite technique (RST) approach, is presented. It exploits the multi-temporal analysis of data acquired in the visible channels of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the Aqua satellite in order to automatically and quickly detect the presence of oil spills on the sea surface, with an attempt to minimize "false detections" caused by spurious effects associated with, for instance, cloud edges, sun/satellite geometries, sea currents, etc. The oil spill event that occurred in June 2007 off the south coast of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea has been considered as a test case. The resulting data, the reliability of which has been evaluated by both carrying out a confutation analysis and comparing them with those provided by the application of another independent MODIS-based method, showcase the potential of RST in identifying the presence of oil with a high level of accuracy.

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