Oil slicks in the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Sea of Azov and Caspian Sea
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Space Research Institute of RAS |
| Country | Russian Federation  |
| Time period | April - October of each year. 1999-2006 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | North-west Black Sea, South-East Baltic Sea, Sea of Azov, Caspian Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Radar backscatter |
| Instruments | Satellite tracking system |
| Description | |
| Summary | The dataset comprises 76 radar images featuring sea surface oil films of different structures, age and composition accompanied by in-situ hydrometeorological measurements and optical data from Terra/ Aqua MODIS. |
| Originators | European Space Agency Space Research Institute of RAS |
| References | Shcherbak S.S., O.Y. Lavrova, M.I. Mytyagina, T.Yu. Bocharova, V.A. Krovotyntsev, and A.G. Ostrovskiy. (2006) Multisensor satellite monitoring of oil pollution in northeastern coastal zone of the Black Sea. Proceedings of the ISRS 2006 PORSEC, 2-4 November 2006, Busan, Korea 2006, vol. II, pp.989-992., |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Space Research Institute of RAS |
| Availability | No access |
| Contact | E.L.Sharkov (Head of department) |
| Address | Space Research Institute of RAS |
| Telephone | +7 495 333 52 12 |
| Facsimile | +7 (495) 333-10-56 |
| esharkov@iki.rssi.ru | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | All-Russia Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information, World Data Centre, National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC) |
| Local identifier | 35007004 |
| Global identifier | 2486 |
| Last revised | 2010-01-27 |
