Abstract: Detection of oil pollution on water surfaces includes providing echo signals obtained from optical radiation of a clean water area at two wavelengths, optically radiating an investigated water area at two wavelengths and obtaining echo signals from the optical radiation of the investigated water area at the two wavelengths, comparing the echo signals obtained from the radiation of the investigated area at two wavelengths with the echo signals obtained from the radiation of the clean water area, and based on the comparison, determining presence or absence of oil pollution in the investigated water area.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 2006
Date of Patent:
August 26, 2008
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
Inventors:
Michael Leonidovich Belov, Victor Aleksandrovich Gorodnichev, Valentin Ivanovich Kozintsev, Olga Alekseevna Smimova, Yurii Victorovich Fedotov, Anastasiva Michailovnan Khroustaleva