Towards an Operational Oil Spill Detection Service in the Mediterranean? The Norwegian Experience: a Pre-operational Early Warning Detection Service using ERS SAR Data
A project for utilization of ERS-1 SAR data for detection of oil spill at sea was started in 1991 as part of the Norwegian Space Centre's (NSC) national ERS-1 programme. A pre-operational service utilising infrastructure for near real-time processing, analysing and distribution has been developed. Tromsø Satellite Station (TSS) took over the responsibility for operation of the pilot service in 1994.