Up-scaling Regional Oil Spill Management Systems for Global Requirements: Needs and Contributions of India
- Paper number
IAC-16,B5,2,3,x33209
- Coauthor
Dr. Murthy Remilla, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC),ISRO, India
- Coauthor
Dr. Krishna Kishore Jandhyala, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC),ISRO, India
- Coauthor
Dr. L.J. Vijayakumar, Master Control Facility (MCF)/ISRO, India
- Coauthor
Dr. Pusuluri Kesavarao, India
- Coauthor
Dr. M.V.R. Seshasai, National Remote Sensing Agency, India
- Year
2016
- Abstract
Growth of World Trade has led to an increase in oil exploration, maritime transport of oil products and cargo which increases the probability of oils spills. An oil spill is an unwanted release of oil into ocean including accidents involving oil tankers or offshore platforms or oil pipelines. The advances in Space borne Remote Sensing and GIS along with communication systems have been helping the planners for oil spill monitoring aiding the blue economy. Some Regional systems / agencies in this arena are PROMED in Mediterranean seas, INSTOP in Canada, European Maritime Space Agency in Europe, ScanEx RDC for North Caspian Sea etc., providing near real time alerts to identify / locate the polluting vessels and initiate remedial actions. The increased maritime traffic has turned into a global economic and ecological concern. This calls for a global monitoring system. One of the proven paths in such requirements is to integrate all the existing systems along with developing regional / nodal systems for the less focused areas to provide seamless services. For India with a long coastline of 7500 Kms along and major oil installations along the coast line and growing maritime trade across major and minor ports; oil spill management is a major national requirement of the day. While Polarimetric SAR improved the oil spill monitoring to some extent, the availability of Hybrid Polarimetric SAR from India’s Microwave SAR (RISAT-1) and Ocean Color Monitor (OCM) from Oceansat-2 from ISRO/India has expanded the scope for improving the efficiency of oil spill monitoring. In addition, India has proven experience in operational services through ISRO's “Bhuvan / NICES” GeoPortals and a dedicated centre for oceanic studies. Utilizing these strengths will help in augmenting operational services for Indian Maritime Zone along with scope for serving other regions of the world. Once such regional systems are operationalized, a global system can be configured on the lines of the International Charter for Disaster Management utilizing the strengths of the stake holders. Complimentary services like fusion of Optical and SAR data along with ground data can be employed to meet the near real time requirements to deliver ‘right information’ to the ‘right people’ in ‘right time’. The paper will discuss the augmentation of the system for Indian Maritime Zone and will propose a Techno-Managerial Framework for the global scale operations which will pay rich dividends not only in economic saving but saving the mother planet.
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