Development of an Aerial Multispectral Remote Sensing

System and Operational Utilization during Oil Spill

ResponseJudd Muskat – California Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, OSPR*Jan Svejkovsky – Ocean Imaging Corp.Joseph Mullin – BSEE (retired)

*Principle Investigator, jan@oceani.com

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THE LEMPERT-KEENE-SEASTRANDOIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE ACT

(SB 2040)

(GOVERNMENT CODE 8670.3.)"Best achievable technology"

“…that are being developed, could feasibly be developed, or are currently

in use anywhere in the world”

Best Achievable Protection

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Radarsat-1

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RADARSATOctober 28, 20051756 Hrs

AREA OF CALMWATER

Large Ship

18 Mile Trail(Oil Film?)

OSPR Scientific Study and Evaluation Program

Ocean Imaging’s DMSC-MK2 Four Channel Aerial Sensor

PROJECT OBJECTIVE: DEVELOP AN OPERATIONAL AERIAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD ENABLE REAL-TIME OIL SPILL MAPPING IN GIS FORMAT, ELIMINATE FALSE TARGETS, WITH AN EASILY DEPLOYABLE AND PORTABLE SENSOR

Suspended Sediment

Oil

KelpSediment

Oil

Oil

Sun Glint

Elimination of False Targets

Two test flights over Santa Barbara Channel seeps were conducted in mid-2004

400nm (UV)

550nm (Green)

850nm (near-IR)

Oil on Water Detection

Composite

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

(BSEE)(Formaly MMS)

Ohmsett is the National Oil Spill Response Test Facility, located in Leonardo, New Jersey. The name Ohmsett is an acronym for "Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated

Environmental Test Tank"

Cosco BusanNovember 7, 2007

Utilization in an Actual Spill

Cosco Busan spill, 11/09/07, San Francisco Bay

Overflight 2300 UTC

Utilization in an Actual SpillPlatform A spill, 12/7/08, Santa Barbara Channel

Open Ocean Collection

Utilization in an Actual SpillPlatform A spill, 12/7/08, Santa Barbara

Channel

Mapping Spills Better and Faster

Traditional Approach: Visual observations from helicopter or aircraft converted to drawing on a map using GPS.

Our Approach: Easily-deployable computerized system utilizing multiple imaging channels in the visible, near-IR & thermal-IR

Advantages over visual methods:

1) System is objective – does not rely on opinion and experience of operator

2) Survey map is in digital GIS format – allows accurate location determinations, direct computation of oil spill area and volume, etc.

3) Survey provides much greater detail

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Experiences from the response

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Deepwater Horizon (MC-252)

Analysis maps were utilized for multiple applications including:

Source area oil distribution forresponse resource management & trajectory modeling

Location of recoverable oil targets

Location/extent of beached and marsh-entrained oil

Effectiveness of dispersants

Locating recoverable oil targets

Dispersant Monitoring

UV/Vis Multispectral Thermal IR

Mapping beached & marsh-entrained oil

Thick sheen

Emulsion

Thick beached orentrained oil

Final Classification

Field SCAT vs. Remote Sensing

Field SCAT vs. Remote Sensing

Field SCAT vs. Remote Sensing

Field SCAT vs. Remote Sensing

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Lessons Learned: Advantages:•Aerial image-derived oil analyses are useful for multiple response applications

•Especially useful for supporting SCAT field activities in hard-to-reach marsh areas

•Potential new aerial dispersant application monitoring method

Limitations: •Daily spatial coverage is limited for very large spills

• Technology is still novel – not yet fully incorporated in specific response protocols

Peer Reviewed Paper, October 2012 Edition:

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Current Events

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Thank You

Judd.muskat@wildlife.ca.gov(916) 324-3411