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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2011.22.9.858

Development of a Microwave Radiometer for Remote Sensing of Oil Spills on the Water Surface  

Son, Hong-Min (Department of Radio Mobile Communications Engineering, Honam University)
Park, Jin-Woo (Department of Radio Mobile Communications Engineering, Honam University)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.22, no.9, 2011 , pp. 858-867 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a microwave radiometer for remote sensing of oil spills on the water surface. In order to achieve the development aim of the measurement accuracy within 0.2 mm for oil slicks of 0~4 mm thickness, the requirements of the microwave radiometer and the specifications of its receiver are drawn. From these requirements and specifications, the receiver with high gain, high sensitivity is designed and implemented. The receiver has the bandwidth of 58 MHz, the system gain of 47.3 dB and the sensitivity of 0.46 K at 10.65 GHz. The processes of design and implementation of the receiver are described in this paper. The effectiveness of the proposed microwave radiometer in the measurement of oil slicks is demonstrated experimentally. The results show the microwave radiometer can detect the oil slicks for 0~5 mm thickness within the accuracy of 0.13 mm successfully.
Keywords
Microwave Remote Sensing; Microwave Radiometer; Brightness Temperature of Water Surface Covered with Oil; Oil Spills; Oil Thickness Detection;
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