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dc.contributor.authorSkrunes, Stine
dc.contributor.authorBrekke, Camilla
dc.contributor.authorJones, Cathleen Elaine
dc.contributor.authorEspeseth, Martine
dc.contributor.authorHolt, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T15:02:25Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T15:02:25Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-12
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this paper is to investigate the dependency of oil spill observations in polarimetric SAR data on imaging geometry, i.e., on incidence angle and look direction relative to the wind. The study is based on quad-polarization data acquired by the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar over experimental oil slicks under relatively high winds of 10–12 m/s over an 8-hour period. The data is collected over a wide range of incidence angles and alternates between looking upwind (UW) and downwind (DW). The unique time series enables a detailed study of the behavior of multipolarization parameters over clean sea and oil slicks under varying imaging geometry to be carried out for the first time. For clean sea backscatter, our findings are in agreement with previous studies, showing decreasing backscatter as the incidence angle increases and from UW to DW, with the highest sensitivity in the HH channel. We also find similar variations in oil covered areas. The results suggest that the oil slick backscatter is slightly more sensitive to the relative wind direction than the clean sea, and higher oil-sea damping ratios are found in DW than in UW cases, particularly in the HH channel. All multipolarization features investigated have some degree of dependency on imaging geometry. The lowest sensitivities are found in the magnitude of the copolarization correlation coefficient, the standard deviation of the copolarized phase difference, the polarization difference, the mean scattering angle and the entropy. Several features clearly change behavior when the signal approaches the sensor noise floor, and we find that the measurements and derived parameters may be affected at even higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) levels than previously proposed, i.e., closer to 7–9 dB above the sensor noise floor. Overall, the polarization difference is clearly identified as the most interesting parameter for oil spill observation, producing high oil-sea contrast in addition to low sensitivity to imaging geometry. The results show that both the relative wind direction and the incidence angle, in combination with the SNR, should be taken into account when developing operational methods based on multipolarization SAR data.en_US
dc.descriptionAccepted manuscript version, licensed <a href=http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/> CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. </a> Published version available at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.001> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.001</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSkrunes, S., Brekke, C., Jones, C.E., Espeseth, M.E. & Holt, B. (2018). Effect of Wind Direction and Incidence Angle on Polarimetric SAR Observations of Slicked and Unslicked Sea Surfaces. <i>Remote Sensing of Environment, 213</i>, 73-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.001en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1585572
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rse.2018.05.001
dc.identifier.issn0034-4257
dc.identifier.issn1879-0704
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/14604
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalRemote Sensing of Environment
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/SFI/237906/Norway/Centre for Integrated Remote Sensing and Forecasting for Arctic Operations/CIRFA/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430en_US
dc.subjectOil spillen_US
dc.subjectSynthetic aperture radar (SAR)en_US
dc.subjectPolarimetryen_US
dc.subjectImaging geometryen_US
dc.subjectIncidence angleen_US
dc.subjectWind directionen_US
dc.subjectSNRen_US
dc.subjectOcean scatteringen_US
dc.titleEffect of Wind Direction and Incidence Angle on Polarimetric SAR Observations of Slicked and Unslicked Sea Surfacesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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