| Title | Combining Optical and Radar Satellite Image Data for Surveillance of Coastal Waters |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | van der Sanden, J J ; Vachon, P W; Gower, J F R |
| Source | Sixth International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Charleston, South Carolina, 1-3 May; 2000 p. 8, https://doi.org/10.4095/219631  Open Access |
| Year | 2000 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20042829 |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Released | 2000 01 01 |
| Abstract | In this paper, we present preliminary results of a study concerning the joint application of optical and radar satellite image data for the mapping / monitoring of coastal waters. The image data studied
were acquired during the summer of 1999 by the RADARSAT SAR system and the NOAA AVHRR scanner. Our area of interest is located at Canada's West Coast and includes the waters that surround the Queen Charlottes and Vancouver Island. The findings
illustrate the limitations that clouds and wind speed create for the applicability of optical and radar data, respectively. The importance of slicks as tracers of coastal features in SAR images is demonstrated and agreement in the patterns present in
thermal AVHRR and SAR data is observed. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 219631 |
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