Oil spills detection and identification with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
How to detect and monitor oil spills from space?
Marine pollution is a great and very troublesome problem and can be directly or indirectly by man made source giving energy or substance to the marine environment. The biggest source of this effect is oil, which penetrates the marine environment by several inputs. This phenomenon must be urgently detected, identified and solved. Remote sensing is a scientific domain that can give solutions for this crucial problem. More precisely SAR is a remarkable sensor of remote sensing that seems to be a compulsory and effective choice. A couple of other sensors can complement to SAR observation and make it more reliable. However a coin has two sides and SAR has limitations and challenges in oil spill monitoring that must be brought to completion.
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