Marine environmental monitoring using spaceborne radar remote sensing - Supporting shipping safety
Li XM, Lehner S, Rosenthal W (2010)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2010
Journal
Book Volume: 684 SP
Conference Proceedings Title: European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Event location: CHN
ISBN: 9789292212483
Abstract
Safety of shipping is a growing concern. The causes of shipping casualties are various, while over 30% of the casualties are due to bad weather. Heavy sea state and severe weather conditions have caused the loss of more than 200 large cargo vessels within 20 years between 1981 and 2000. Remote sensing techniques, particularly the active microwave radar provides global sea surface observations for detecting heavy sea state and bad weather independent of clouds and sunlight and therefore it can contribute to shipping safety. We have collected several cases of ship casualties occurred in the Chinese and European coasts as well as in the open sea, mainly on the global shipping routes. Sea state parameters and wind situation under these causalities are derived from SAR wide swath, image mode and wave mode data, as well as from other radar measurements, e.g., radar altimeter and scatterometer. In the present paper, based on a case analysis of ship accidents caused by adverse weather situation, we demonstrated the potential of using spaceborne remote sensing supporting for shipping security.
Involved external institutions
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) / German Aerospace Center
Germany (DE)
GAUSS - Gesellschaft für Angewandten Umweltschutz und Sicherheit im Seeverkehr mbH
Germany (DE)
Germany (DE)
GAUSS - Gesellschaft für Angewandten Umweltschutz und Sicherheit im Seeverkehr mbH
Germany (DE)
How to cite
APA:
Li, X.M., Lehner, S., & Rosenthal, W. (2010). Marine environmental monitoring using spaceborne radar remote sensing - Supporting shipping safety. In European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP. CHN.
MLA:
Li, Xiao Ming, Susanne Lehner, and Wolfgang Rosenthal. "Marine environmental monitoring using spaceborne radar remote sensing - Supporting shipping safety." Proceedings of the 2010 Dragon 2 Mid Term Results Symposium, CHN 2010.
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