Objetivo Satellite detection of oil spills with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can now provide reasonably reliable information, but in complex coastal environment it is still a major challenge. A lack of understanding may lead to slicks going undetected, or to an unacceptable numbers of 'false positives'. In the past wind shadow, natural slicks, atmospheric and ocean fronts, and rain cells have all been falsely identified as oil. Difficulties are compounded when there is no a priori knowledge of the occurrence, location or timing of a spill, when volumes are small, or when the oil is mixed with water as it enters the sea - just the type of oil pollution that is most common. The aim is to develop techniques for the synergistic use of satellite data to monitor pollution from pipe-line seeps, waste-water discharges, marine traffic and spillages from routine operations as part of offshore or tanker activities. These techniques are to be put on the basis of operational monitoring system of oil pollution in coastal waters. This aim is broken down into five primary objectives, addressed by five research tasks: - Collection, screening, archiving and analysis of SAR and high resolution optical data, with co-located ancillary data from other sensors and independent sources. - Retrieval of geophysical parameters influencing the transport, evolution and appearance of oil pollution in SAR and optical data - e.g. current-, wind- and wavefields and bio-optical parameters. - Sampling and experimental studies of marine pollutant films and their physical characteristics, which influence their wave-damping capacity, with mathematical modelling of wave-damping and scattering of electromagnetic waves. - Investigation of factors affecting oil spill drift in different conditions, leading to improved techniques for reconstruction and forecasting of oil transport. - Development of SAR and optical algorithms for oil detection, and recommendations for their use with multisensor ancillary data and baseline information. Detailed knowledge of the study areas in Black and Caspian Seas, makes the consortium ideally suited to undertaking these tasks. Long experience from ocean remote sensing, field experiments and modelling, and a history of past collaboration, means the teams are likely to achieve their objectives through joint effort supported by efficient communication and project co-ordination. Contacts with operational agencies, oil companies and SME's will ensure that end user concerns are addressed and results disseminated widely, through conventional channels (papers, articles, conferences), education of students and environmental managers, and communication with operational and commercial end users. The chief innovative aspects lie in further development of algorithms for synergistic oil spill detection using SAR and optical sensors, but also in the development of a system for oil spill monitoring in the Caspian and Black Seas, where this does not currently exist. Palabras clave Earth Observation Technologies & Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring & Assessment Oceanography Programa(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación Data not available Coordinador UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección EUROPEAN WAY SOUTHAMPTON Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (7) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS Rusia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección ULYANOV STR., 46 NIZHNY NOVGOROD Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY OF AZNAS Azerbaiyán Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección H. JAVID PROSPEKT, 29 BAKU Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE Ucrania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección KAPITANSKAYA, 2 SEVASTOPOL Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY Rusia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección NAKHIMOVSKY PROSPEKT, 36 MOSCOW Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IKI) Rusia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección PROFSOYUZNAYA, 84/32 MOSCOW Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA Portugal Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección RUA ERNESTO DE VASCONCELOS, CAMPO GRANDE LISBOA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección BUNDESSTRAßE, 53 HAMBURG Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos