The Remote Sensing Identification of Marine Oil Spill Based on Oil Fingerprinting

Marine oil spill which is referred to super killer of marine ecological environment is one of the frequent important environmental disaster in offshore area. With the continuous development of Chinese economy, all kinds of oil pollution incident is on the rise, the frequency and risk is also increasing, it brought significant losses of the marine ecological environment, ecological resources and the people. Therefore, this paper combines ocean remote sensing and fingerprint technology to present marine oil spill identification method, and uses the case of an oil spill accident in Dalian to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of this method. The oil type in this incident is identified as crude oil and the amount of oil spill is estimated 30000 to 160000 tons. These Experimental results are consistent with the actual situation and show that this identification method can provide technical support to determine the varieties and amount of oil spill quickly, repair the damaged marine ecological environment and develop the theoretical system of the marine emergency research, and also provided a scientific basis for marine disaster prevention and mitigation and safeguard of national maritime rights and interests.