Federal Space Agency Research Center for Operative Monitoring (NTsOMZ)

1. Federal Space Agency Research Center for Operative Monitoring (NTsOMZ) Alexey A. Feoktistov, Alexander I. Zakharov, Nina N. Novikova, Leonid A. Pakhomov, Kirill S. Emelyanov SPACE MONITORING OF SEA SURFACE OIL SPILLS POI FEB RAS, Vladivostok 3-6 October 2007

2. In 2004 The Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring (NTsOMZ) of Russian Federal Space Agency was involved in a competition of creating the GMES Program with Russia and Ukraine “Oil, mining and chemical pollutions”. The competition was announced by European Space Agency (ESA) и International Astronautic Federation (IAF) in collaboration with Russian Federal Space Agency (FSA) within the bounds of GMES. The GMES Program provides to create an independent global information system for environment and security in Europe.

3. OSCSARandERUNET Projects were represented on behalf of the consortium of some European, Russian and Ukrainian research organizations. These projects lasted from 01.07.2004 to 28.02.2006 The Research Center for Operative Monitoring (NTsOMZ) was the participant of both consortiums. NTsOMZ worked at monitoring of oil pollutions in Caspian Sea, Kara Sea, Barents Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov with SAR/ERS data.

4. Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center Edvard Griegsvei 3a N-5059 Bergen, Norway http://www.nersc.no Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing CenterVasilievsky Island 14th Line 7a 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia http:/www.niersc.spb.ru OSCSARMarine Oil Spill Control: SAR monitoring and model prediction

5. OSCSAR ProjectConsortium: • Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC),Bergen,Norway • Institute Francais de Rechercher pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER),France • Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center(NIERSC),Saint-Petersburg, Russia • Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute(АARI), Saint-Petersburg, Russia • Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Scientific (IAP RAS)Nizhny Novgorod, Russia • Marine Hydrophysical Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (MHI NASU), Sevastopol, Ukraine • State Design Office “Yuzhnoye” (SDO “Yuzhnoye”), Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine • Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring (NTsOMZ), Moscow, Russia

6. Coordinator of the projectStein Sandven Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) Bergen, Norway

7. ERUNETEuropean-Russian-UkrainianGMES NETwork for Monitoring of Oil Spills and Oil&Gas Pipelines

8. ERUNET Project Consortium: • Joint Research Center (JRC), Ispra, Italy • REMIFOR, Draguinian, France • Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring (NTsOMZ), Moscow, Russia • Ugra Research Institute of Information Technologies (URIIT), Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia • Ecotec-Nord, Moscow, Russia • State Scientific and Productive Center “Pryroda” of NationalSpace Agency of Ukraine (SSPC “Pryroda”), Kyiv, Ukraine • Odessa National University named after Mechnikov (ODU), Odessa, Ukraine

9. Coordinator of the projectStanley Morris Joint Research Center (JRC) Ispra, Italy

11. Objectives: Development and demonstration of oil spill monitoring system capabilities based on SAR and other data. (2) Creation an integrated monitoring system for all European seas.

12. The fully-automatic SAR identification methods of oil spill determination are still under development now. So the GIS expert evaluation method is the main method in our work. The definitive decision about each slick is taken by expert decipher. He pays attention to these features of a slick: • shape, • size, • texture, • border • and standard deviation of an object and a background. Large slicks Caspian Sea, Apsheron

13. Particular emphasis was placed on assessing the capabilities of the synergetic analysis of the SAR, visible and IR data (AVHRR/NOAA and MODIS/TERRA data from NTsOMZ archive).

14. Synergy analysis of SAR and AVHRR data allows to make quasynchronium maps. Water surface temperature map Solar radiation albedo (0.8 µm) map Hydrosol albedo (0.6 µm) map

15. Additional information Wind speed Chlorophyll concentration (SEAWIFS/SEASTAR and MODIS/AQUA/TERRA data)

16. Limitations of the synergic analysis method for practice: • time mismatching between SAR and visible data, • low IR data resolution (1 km while SAR – 25-30 m), • clouds, • light conditions (polar nights). e

17. WORKS ON CREATION OF MONITORING SYSTEM ARE CONTINUED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NEW INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS DEMOSSS и MONRUK NTsOMZ takes part in the both Consortiums at present

18. DEMOSSS (DEvelopment of Marine Oil Spills/slicks Satellite monitoring System elements targetting the Black/Caspean/Kara/Barents Seas). INTAS Program (The INTernational ASsociation for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from New Indepentent States of the former Soviet Union). From 01.02.2007 to 31.01.2009. MONRUK (MONitoring the marine environment in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan using Synthetic Aperture Radar) Sixth Framework Programme. Aeronautics and Space From 01.07.2007 to 30.06.2009.

19. Coordinator of the projectsStein Sandven Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway

20. Projects provide 4 production cycles of monitoring. At winter (February-March of 2007 and 2008) carrying out particular emphasis was placed on the Northern Caspian Sea ice cover analysis. At oil spills summer (July-September of 2007 and 2008) carrying out the central part of Caspian Sea water area was analyzed. It is planned to carry out experimental ship detection and metocean analysis (waves, wind fields).

21. The software used at these Projects: -RIM (Radar Imaging Model), NIERSC, -ABL (Atmospheric Boundary Layer), NIERSC - SARTool, BOOST Technologies France.

22. SARTool software BOOST Technologies France (for example) Information from SARTool Web-site www.boost-technologies.com

23. 1.Oil spills detection and mapping Prestige tankerASAR/ENVISAT Wide Swath 17.11.2002

24. 2. Ships detection- Number,- Latitude,- Longitude,- Size (m),- Route (deg),- Speed (knots)Unsanctioned dumping

25. 3. 2D wave spectrum of image

26. 4. Wind wave mapDirection (arrows),Height (color)

27. 5. Wind field(QSCAT data, 25x25 km2)Direction (arrows),Speed (color)

28. 6. Wind field(SAR data, 500x500 km2)Direction (arrows),Speed (color)

29. 7. The wind field statistic analysis resultdirection allocation and module allocation

30. 8. Doppler centroid anomaly(Global map based onASAR/ENVISATdata, November 2003)

31. Module data > Sea current map

32. The RIM, ABL, SARTool software will be developed and adapted in climatic-regionally aspect.

33. MONRUK Project Information System MONRUK Web-server is created by Nansen-Center (NIERSC). It is planning to start a work of creating a net of regional centers based on web map server technology in the near future. Prototype ofweb map serversystem (DISPRO) is developed within the bounds of European project DISMAR.

34. DISPRO Architecture

35. DISPRO Architecture • DISPRO database is updated every 15 minutes with new layer list from nodes via GetCapabilities requests • DISPRO uses UMN Mapserver to implement WMSServer/client

36. Conclusions Russian Space Engineering Institutes are working at constructing of several Russian SAR now. The first SAR is SEVERYANIN at METEOR-M Satellite. • It will be started next year. • Characteristics: • - Swath width – 800 km, • Spatial resolution – 400 m, • Wave length – 3 cm (X-range). Also it is planned to carry out a work on SAR thematic processing software.

37. NTsOMS participation in DEMOSSS andMONRUKProjects provides for: • a compatibility of European and Russian SAR products characteristics; • a possibility to integrate a thematic processing of Russian SAR data into the SARTool software; • finally, a practice in working with MONRUK web map server technology; itopens some possibilities of practical realization an optimal technology of European information system and NTsOMZ information system integration.

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