Oil slick studies using photographic and multispectral scanner data.Field studies of spills of Nos. 6 (Bunker C), 4, and 2 fuel oils and menhaden fish oil in the southern Chesapeake Bay have been supplemented with aerial photographic and multispectral scanner data. Thin films showed best in ultraviolet and blue bands and thick films in the green. Color film was effective for all thicknesses. Thermal infrared imagery provided clear detection, but required field temperature and thickness data to distinguish thickness/emissivity variations from temperature variations. Slick spreading rates agree with the theory of Fay (1969); further study of spreading is in progress.
Document ID
19720028163
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Munday, J. C., Jr.
Macintyre, W. G.
Penney, M. E. (Virginia Institute of Marine Science Gloucester Point, Va., United States)
Oberholtzer, J. D. (NASA Wallops Station Wallops Island, Va., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1971
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 7th, University of Michigan