Oil Spill Detection

Video demonstration of the OAT

Part 1

Part 2

Oil spills can destroy marine life as well as damage habitat for land animals and humans. They represent a large cost, economically and environmentally. Therefore, detecting an oil spill as soon as possible is important in order to minimise the negative consequences.

Features

• Operational tested and in use in operational production
• Fast and effective automatic detection
• Oil spill detection product available in different file formats: GEOTIFF, XML and GML
• OAT:
  • Supports native SAR formats for ERS-1/2, Radarsat 1/2 and Envisat ASAR
  • Validation and verification
  • Generation of reports
  • Combination with Numerical Weather Predictions model wind Vectors
  • Combination of wind, oil, ship and overlaying graphics:
    • Geographic:
      • Coastlines and lakes
      • Borders and Exclusive Economic Zones
      • Grid
      • Platforms and sub-surface installations
      • Pipelines
      • AIS