Researchers from several universities, government agencies and the oil industry have found they can obtain key measurements of oil spills using civilian satellites, according to a study published in NASA. It said the team combined satellite images of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing instruments Modis and Aviris, gaining accurate data on the surface oil volume, relative oil thickness and probable distributions. The researchers said the model could be used to determine the response to future spills.
Researchers from several universities, government agencies and the oil industry have found they can obtain key measurements of oil spills using civilian satellites, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. It said the team combined satellite images of the Deepwater Horizon spill from NASA instruments Modis and Aviris, gaining accurate data on the surface oil volume, relative oil thickness and probable distributions. The researchers said the model could be used to determine the response to future spills.