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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN OPTICAL SOCIETY-RAPID PUBLICATIONS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
EUROPEAN OPTICAL SOC
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2013.13051
Keywords
Air-sea interactions; oil pollutions; radiative transfer; Monte Carlo method; remote sensing reflectance
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- Gdynia Maritime University [DS360]
- U.S. NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program
- U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative through the Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem (C-IMAGE)
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Oil pollution of natural waters represents a serious threat for aquatic ecosystems, and the assessment of the degree of pollution requires measurement strategies including remote sensing and modeling. While surface oil pollution is relatively easy to detect with radar or optical remote sensing, underwater oil emulsions can only be detected using visible light as an information carrier. Here the Michelson contrast of sea area polluted by an oil-in-water emulsion under various wind conditions is simulated through Monte-Carlo modeling. The results show the premise for optimal direction of observations in which the possibility of detecting the emulsified oil is maximized.
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