Monitoring of Oil Spill and Seepage Using Satellite Radars
Implementing Organization
University of Miami
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$800,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Funding Program
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative GoMRI Grant Program
Details
Project Category
Science
Project Actions
Oil System Safety Research
Targeted Resources
Human and/or Institutional Capacity
Project Description
After the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil drilling platform at BP's Macondo well exploded and sank on April 20, 2010, a wide range of human resources and technology assets were mobilized in a massive effort to contain and mitigate the effects of this environmental catastrophe. The previous two decades had seen progress in the development of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on satellite platforms for the detection and characterization of oil on the sea surface, but the DWH incident would provide by far the most significant demonstration of its operational utility.
Contact
Hans Christian Graber305-421-4952
hgraber@rsmas.miami.edu
Project Website
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