NASA NTRS · 19720028163
Oil slick studies using photographic and multispectral scanner data.
Abstract
Field studies of spills of Nos. 6 (Bunker C), 4, and 2 fuel oils and menhaden fish oil in the southern Chesapeake Bay have been supplemented with aerial photographic and multispectral scanner data. Thin films showed best in ultraviolet and blue bands and thick films in the green. Color film was effective for all thicknesses. Thermal infrared imagery provided clear detection, but required field temperature and thickness data to distinguish thickness/emissivity variations from temperature variations. Slick spreading rates agree with the theory of Fay (1969); further study of spreading is in progress.
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Munday, J. C., Jr., Macintyre, W. G., Penney, M. E., Oberholtzer, J. D.. 1971-01-01. Oil slick studies using photographic and multispectral scanner data.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19720028163
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