Paper Info
Title
Environmental sensitivity mapping for oil spill in the Amazon coast using remote sensing and GIS technology
Abstract
Accidental oil spills may impact sensitive wetlands in the Amazon coast. To generate an environmental sensitivity index (ESI) maps were used: (1) JERS-1 SAR data; (2) RADARSAT-1 data in the W1 beam mode; (3) X-band mosaics of the RADAM Project; and (4) SRTM digital elevation models. As result was identified artificial structures (break water and peers) and nineteen coastal features and environments subject to oil spill. The lowest ESI was assigned to cliffs (ESI 1) and the highest to mangroves and fresh wetland zones (ESI 10a and 10b). An annual monitoring of both natural and human-induced changes would provide invaluable information for the construction of multitemporal sensitivity index maps to oil spills in different seasons and tidal cycles.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370613
IGARSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
radar imaging,sensitivity index,mangroves,digital elevation model,synthetic aperture radar,geographic information systems,seasonality,break water,forestry,sediments,remote sensing,structural break,esi
Geographic information system,Oil spill,Mangrove,Computer science,Hydrology,Remote sensing,Wetland,Shuttle Radar Topography Mission,Digital elevation model,Amazon rainforest,Geophysical signal processing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pedro Walfir M. Souza Filho100.34
Fabricio D. Goncalves200.34
Fernando Pellon de Miranda363.02
Carlos Henrique Beisl452.62
Edson de Faria Almeida500.34