Remote Sensing of Oil Spill

10-12 November 2024

Oil spills can destroy marine life as well as damage habitat for land animals and humans. The majority of marine oil spills result from ships emptying their bailage tanks before or after entering port. Large area oil spills result from tanker ruptures or collisions with reefs, rocky shoals, or other ships. These spills are usually spectacular in the extent of their environmental damage and generate wide spread media coverage. Routine surveillance of shipping routes and coastal areas is necessary to enforce maritime pollution laws and identify offenders.

Remote sensing offers the advantage of being able to observe events in remote and often inaccessible areas. For example, oil spills from ruptured pipelines, may go unchecked for a period of time because of uncertainty of the exact location of the spill, and limited knowledge of the extent of the spill. Remote sensing can be used to both detect and monitor spills.

Location:

Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Central Office, Tehran

Lecturer:

Masoud Moradi, [orcid]

Duration: 3 days

Topics:

Day 1- Theoretical backgrounds

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing (Oil Spill necessities)

Review of satellite and aerial Oil Spill detection methods

Oil Spill Detection –Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Day 2- Practical session, working with Remote Sensing satellite images

Practical Application of Oil spill detection from space with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) SENTINEL-1 images

Day 3- Practical session, working with GIS, spatial data and oil spill images 

Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing for Oil Spill data analysis