5.10. Satellite Remote Sensing
5.10.1. Optical Satellites
The use of optical satellite remote sensing for oil spills has been attempted several times. The slick from the IXTOC I well blowout in Mexico was detected using GOES (geostationary operational environmental satellite) and by the AVHRR (advanced very high resolution radiometer) on the Landsat satellite [19,236]. A blowout in the Persian Gulf was subsequently detected. The large Exxon Valdez slick was detected on SPOT (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre) satellite data [237]. Oiled ice in Gabarus Bay resulting from the Kurdistan spill was detected using Landsat data [238,239]. Results of this are shown in Figs. 5.40 and 5.41 Several workers were able to detect the Arabian Gulf War spill ...
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