This article is - freely available Advances in Remote Sensing
for Oil Spill Disaster Management: State-of-the-Art Sensors
Technology for Oil Spill Surveillance Department of Geomatics
Engineering, University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N
1N4 Western Washington University, Disaster Reduction and
Emergency Planning, Huxley College of the Environment, 516 High
Street, Bellingham, Washington 98225-9085 USA * Author to whom
correspondence should be addressed. Received: 22 December 2007 /
Accepted: 10 January 2008 / Published: 21 January 2008 Abstract:
Reducing the risk of oil spill disasters is essential for
protecting the environmentand reducing economic losses. Oil
spill surveillance constitutes an important component ofoil
spill disaster management. Advances in remote sensing
technologies can help to identifyparties potentially responsible
for pollution and to identify minor spills before they
causewidespread damage. Due to the large number of sensors
currently available for oil spillsurveillance, the