Investigation of Oil Fluorescence as a Technique for the Remote Sensing of Oil Spills

Technical progress report: Jul 1970 - Jun 1971PDFTech ReportDOT-TSC-CG-71-07PB-203 58571-CG03Remote sensingDetection and identification system applicationsFluorescenceOptical propertiesOpacityOil spillsUnited StatesUnited States. Coast GuardFantasia, J. F.Hard, T. M.Ingrao, Hector C.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)United States. Coast GuardNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Maritime Energy and EnvironmentNTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Energy and EnvironmentNTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-U.S. Coast GuardVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThe flexibility of remote sensing of oil spills by laser-excited oil fluorescence is investigated. The required parameters are fed into a physical model to predict signal and background levels; and the predictions are verified by field experiments. Airborne detection, identification, and quantification of oil spills at sea are shown to be feasible with existing equuipment, day or night