Time-Sensitive Remote Sensing by Christopher D. Lippitt Douglas A. Stow & Lloyd L. Coulter

Author:Christopher D. Lippitt, Douglas A. Stow & Lloyd L. Coulter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

1.4 Oil Spill Remote Sensing Acceptance

First and foremost, for remote sensing to be used for oil spill response it must provide detection with few false positives for acceptance—mobilizing aircraft and observers is expensive, and false alarms are well known to contribute to complacency. In addition, remote sensing should enable an estimate of the spill’s magnitude so that the appropriate level of response assets can be tasked, preferably to more highly impacted areas or more ecologically sensitive areas. An example of this could involve discriminating thick from thin oil, to allocate resources to areas with thicker oil (Svejkovsky et al. 2012). Furthermore, remote sensing can address a number of other oil spill disaster response aspects from monitoring/ guiding mitigation strategies to ecosystem mapping to better triage response options. Even though remote sensing may be the only approach available to provide critical response information, it generally has not been incorporated into oil spill response for reasons discussed below. This reflects the reality that there are significant hurdles to acceptance above and beyond the technological readiness scale, discussed below in Sect. 3, and the more comprehensive operational readiness scale (Sauser et al. 2006).

Specifically, a new oil spill response technology must provide greater reliability than existing approaches, or lower the risk of failing to contribute to the efficacy of the oil spill response, again compared to existing and accepted approaches. Thus, technology acceptance requires a combination of demonstration, need, motivation, and clearly achievable goals. In addition, for remote sensing to be considered by responders, they must know about the existence and utility of remote sensing data products, and how to access them in a timely manner.

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