Statistical study of radar backscattering from sea surfaces with oil slicks

This paper tackles the effect of oil slicks over backscattered field statistics. An oil film damps the capillarity waves and modifies the sea height spectrum. Consequently, the backscattered field is changed, it is computed thanks to the small slope approximation approach performed on sea surface re...

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Published in2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) pp. 4912 - 4914
Main Authors Mainvis, Aymeric, Fabbro, Vincent, Mametsa, Henri-Jose, Bourlier, Christophe, Lattes, Philippe, Miegebielle, Veronique
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2017
Subjects
ocean remote sensing
oil slicks
Oils
Optical surface waves
radar scattering
Rough surfaces
Sea surface
Statistical study
Surface cleaning
Surface contamination
Surface waves
water pollution
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Summary:This paper tackles the effect of oil slicks over backscattered field statistics. An oil film damps the capillarity waves and modifies the sea height spectrum. Consequently, the backscattered field is changed, it is computed thanks to the small slope approximation approach performed on sea surface realizations. The backscattered field statistics are altered by the presence of oil slicks and the cumulative distribution function of clean sea and contaminated sea are compared.
ISSN:2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8128105