TY - GEN
T1 - Delineation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils using optical and radar images in a costal region
AU - Espinosa-Hernandez, Abdallan
AU - Galvan-Pineda, Jesus
AU - Monsivais-Huertero, Alejandro
AU - Jimenez-Escalona, Jose Carlos
AU - Ramos-Rodriguez, Jose Maria
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Oil industry represents one of the main incomes for many countries. However, this industry is not exempt of accidents such as oil spills. Satellite remote sensing is a useful tool in delineating polluted areas due to its characteristic to cover large areas. This paper proposes a methodology combining information from both optical (Landsat) and radar (Envisat-ASAR) images to delineate polluted soils by hydrocarbons in the coast of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico. Landsat images identified polluted areas over the beach (bare soil); nevertheless, they did not reach the soil under vegetation conditions. In contrast, radar images did not indentify polluted areas in the beach mainly because of the extreme dry conditions in the soil. But, in vegetated areas, the radar penetrated the vegetation cover and identified the polluted soils. Both optical and radar information showed complementarities to delineate polluted areas under heterogeneous conditions.
AB - Oil industry represents one of the main incomes for many countries. However, this industry is not exempt of accidents such as oil spills. Satellite remote sensing is a useful tool in delineating polluted areas due to its characteristic to cover large areas. This paper proposes a methodology combining information from both optical (Landsat) and radar (Envisat-ASAR) images to delineate polluted soils by hydrocarbons in the coast of Paraiso, Tabasco, Mexico. Landsat images identified polluted areas over the beach (bare soil); nevertheless, they did not reach the soil under vegetation conditions. In contrast, radar images did not indentify polluted areas in the beach mainly because of the extreme dry conditions in the soil. But, in vegetated areas, the radar penetrated the vegetation cover and identified the polluted soils. Both optical and radar information showed complementarities to delineate polluted areas under heterogeneous conditions.
KW - Envisat/ASAR images
KW - Landsat images
KW - Soil pollution
KW - coastal region
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84894236654&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721247
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721247
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:84894236654
SN - 9781479911141
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 676
EP - 679
BT - 2013 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2013 - Proceedings
T2 - 2013 33rd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2013
Y2 - 21 July 2013 through 26 July 2013
ER -