The use of RADARSAT-2 Backscatter Coefficients (σo, βo, γo) to Discriminate Oil Seeps From Oil Spills: A Linear Discriminant Analysis in the Gulf of Mexico (Campeche Bay)

Carvalho, Gustavo

The use of RADARSAT-2 Backscatter Coefficients (σ^o, β^o, γ^o) to Discriminate Oil Seeps From Oil Spills: A Linear Discriminant Analysis in the Gulf of Mexico (Campeche Bay)

Gustavo de Araújo Carvalho¹, Peter J Minnett², Eduardo Paes³, Fernando p. de Miranda⁴ and Luiz Landau¹, (1)UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), LabSAR (Laboratory of Radar Remote Sensing Applied to the Petroleum Industry), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (2)University of Miami, RSMAS, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Universidade Federal Rural do Amazônas (UFRA), Laboratório de Ecologia Marinha e Oceanografia Pesqueira da Amazônia (LEMOPA), Belém, PA, Brazil, (4)PETROBRAS, CENPES, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil