{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"submitter":["Chaudhary V"],"pubmed_abstract":["Oil spills are a potential hazard, causing the deaths of millions of aquatic animals and this leaves a calamitous effect on the marine ecosystem. This research focuses on evaluating the potential of polarimetric parameters in discriminating the oil slick from water and also possible thicker/thinner zones within the slick. For this purpose, L-band UAVSAR quad-pol data of the Gulf of Mexico region is exploited. A total number of 19 polarimetric parameters are examined to study their behavior and ability in distinguishing oil slick from water and its own less or more oil accumulated zones. The simulation of compact-pol data from UAVSAR quad-pol data is carried out which has shown good performance in detection and discrimination of oil slick from water. To know the extent of separation between"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["8975"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8076205"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Dark spot detection for characterization of marine surface slicks using UAVSAR quad-pol data."],"pmcid":["PMC8076205"],"pubmed_authors":["Chaudhary V","Kumar S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Dark spot detection for characterization of marine surface slicks using UAVSAR quad-pol data.","description":"Oil spills are a potential hazard, causing the deaths of millions of aquatic animals and this leaves a calamitous effect on the marine ecosystem. This research focuses on evaluating the potential of polarimetric parameters in discriminating the oil slick from water and also possible thicker/thinner zones within the slick. For this purpose, L-band UAVSAR quad-pol data of the Gulf of Mexico region is exploited. A total number of 19 polarimetric parameters are examined to study their behavior and ability in distinguishing oil slick from water and its own less or more oil accumulated zones. The simulation of compact-pol data from UAVSAR quad-pol data is carried out which has shown good performance in detection and discrimination of oil slick from water. To know the extent of separation between","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Apr","modification":"2025-04-18T15:43:35.389Z","creation":"2022-02-09T18:05:30.643Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8076205","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33903658"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-021-88301-9"]}}