• Analysis of evolving oil spills in full-polarimetric and hybrid-polarity SAR 

      Espeseth, Martine Mostervik; Skrunes, Stine; Jones, Cathleen Elaine; Brekke, Camilla; Holt, Benjamin; Doulgeris, Anthony Paul (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-25)
      Oil spill detection using a time series of images acquired off Norway in June 2015 with the uninhabited aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar is examined. The relative performance of a set of features derived from quad-polarization versus hybrid-polarity (HP) modes in detection of various types of slicks as they evolve on a high wind driven sea surface is evaluated. It is shown that the HP mode ...
    • Characterization and discrimination of evolving mineral and plant oil slicks based on L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) 

      Jones, Cathleen; Espeseth, Martine Mostervik; Holt, Benjamin; Brekke, Camilla; Skrunes, Stine (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2016-10-18)
      Evolution of the damping ratio for Bragg wavenumbers in the range 32-43 rad/m is evaluated for oil slicks of different composition released in the open ocean and allowed to develop naturally. The study uses quad-polarimetric L-band airborne synthetic aperture radar data acquired over three mineral oil emulsion releases of different, known oil-to-water ratio, and a near-coincident release of 2-ethylhexyl ...
    • Synthetic aperture radar compact polarimetry for sea ice surveillance 

      Espeseth, Martine Mostervik (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-06-26)
      The focus of this thesis is to investigate the use of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) compact polarimetry for studies of sea ice. Data obtained from quad-polarimetric SAR systems have already been studied extensively for sea ice monitoring. This thesis focuses on finding parallels to quad-polarimetric features from the compact-polarimetric data. This is achieved through the reconstruction of a pseudo ...