Simulation of an oil film at the sea surface and its radiometric properties in the SWIR

Frédéric Schwenger; Alexander M. J. Van Eijk

doi:10.1117/12.2278282

5 October 2017 Simulation of an oil film at the sea surface and its radiometric properties in the SWIR

Frédéric Schwenger, Alexander M. J. Van Eijk

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Proceedings Volume 10432, Target and Background Signatures III; 104320D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278282
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

The knowledge of the optical contrast of an oil layer on the sea under various surface roughness conditions is of great interest for oil slick monitoring techniques. This paper presents a 3D simulation of a dynamic sea surface contaminated by a floating oil film. The simulation considers the damping influence of oil on the ocean waves and its physical properties. It calculates the radiance contrast of the sea surface polluted by the oil film in relation to a clean sea surface for the SWIR spectral band. Our computer simulation combines the 3D simulation of a maritime scene (open clear sea/clear sky) with an oil film at the sea surface. The basic geometry of a clean sea surface is modeled by a composition of smooth wind driven gravity waves. Oil on the sea surface attenuates the capillary and short gravity waves modulating the wave power density spectrum of these waves. The radiance of the maritime scene is calculated in the SWIR spectral band with the emitted sea surface radiance and the specularly reflected sky radiance as components. Wave hiding and shadowing, especially occurring at low viewing angles, are considered. The specular reflection of the sky radiance at the clean sea surface is modeled by an analytical statistical bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) of the sea surface. For oil at the sea surface, a specific BRDF is used influenced by the reduced surface roughness, i.e., the modulated wave density spectrum. The radiance contrast of an oil film in relation to the clean sea surface is calculated for different viewing angles, wind speeds, and oil types characterized by their specific physical properties.

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Frédéric Schwenger and Alexander M. J. Van Eijk "Simulation of an oil film at the sea surface and its radiometric properties in the SWIR", Proc. SPIE 10432, Target and Background Signatures III, 104320D (5 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278282

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Computer simulations

Short wave infrared radiation

Bidirectional reflectance transmission function

Modulation

Surface roughness

3D modeling

Capillaries

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