This volume represents the findings of the six-year NATO CCMS pilot study on the use of remote sensing for the control of marine pollution, a joint study conducted by countries confronted by the problems that arise from the prevention of, and the fight against, deliberate and accidental oil spills. In 1976, when I submitted to the Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society the draft of this pilot study, the use of remote sensing in the area covered by the project was still at the experimental research stage. Two years later, the Amoco Cadiz disaster occurring on the Brittany Coast gave ~he opportunity to demonstrate the important role that remote sensing could play in the fight against major oil spills. At the same time, many countries engaged in the fight against the deliberate discharge of oil from ships became aware of the po tential of remote sensing to help combat this type of illegal activity. Compiling this volume has afforded me the opportunity to re-read the papers that were presented at the workshops in Washington, D.C. and Paris, which were held April 1979 and October 1982, respectively. Not only is the material still of current interest, but also some recommendations expressed by the experts have already received international recognition. This applies, in particular, to the Isowake experiments, which were originated by the United States (U.S. Coast Guard) and the United Kingdom (Warren Spring Laboratory).

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Conclusions and Recommendations.- National Requirements.- The Remote Sensing Requirements for Oil Spills in Canada.- National Requirements for Airborne Maritime Surveillance.- National Requirements in the Federal Republic of Germany.- National Requirements in The Netherlands.- Requirements for the Remote Sensing of Oil on the Sea.- The United States Coast Guard's Remote Aerial Sensing Program.- National Programs.- A Danish Airborne Oil Pollution Monitoring and Coastal Surveillance System: State of Art and Beyond.- The Operational Oil Pollution Surveillance System Being Used in France.- Research and Development Programs Relevant to the Remote Sensing of Oil Spills.- Remote Sensing Program for Oil Detection in The Netherlands.- Aerial Photography Interpreted for Contingency Planning, Spill Prevention, Compliance Monitoring and Spill Surveillance.- Aireye: A New Generation Oil Pollution Sensing System for the 80's.- Airborne Oil Spill Surveillance Systems in Sweden.- Technical Results.- Optical Measurements of Crude Oil Samples under Simulated Natural Conditions.- Remote Sensing Analysis of Oil Pollutiorin Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy.- High Contrast Imaging of an Oil Slick by Means of a Low Light Level Television.- Oil on the Sea: Application of Pattern Recognition Techniques to Thermal Infrared and SPOT Images.- An Analysis of Multispectral Line Scanner Imagery from Two Test Oil Spills.- Detection of Oil Slicks Using Real Aperture and Synthetic Aperture Imaging Radars-Experimental Results.- Oil Spill Detection Using a Multipurpose: Synthetic Aperture Radar.- Infrared Line Scanner and Side Looking Airborne Radar used for Remote Sensing of Oil on the Sea.- Evaluation of Infrared Line Scanner (IRLS) and Side Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) over Controlled Oil Spills in the North Sea.- Observation of Two Test Oil Spills with a Microwave Scatterometer and a Synthetic Aperture Radar.- Measurements of the Distribution and Volume of Sea-Surface Oil Spills Using Multifrequency Microwave Radiometry.- Microwave Measurements over the North Sea.- Detection of Oil Pollutants Using Remote Sensing Techniques.- Optical Disgnostic of Oil Pollution.- Oil Spill Detection and Identification Using a Laser Fluorosensor.- The Dutch Experience with Remote Sensing of Oil Pollution.- Presentation of Maps Showing the Drift of the Oil from the Amoco Cadiz.- The Use of Satellites for Oil Spill Detection.- An Assessment of the Use of Space Technology in Monitoring Oil Spills and Ocean Pollution.- Capabilities of SEASAT Synthetic-Aperture Radar for Imaging the Ocean Surface.- A Large Scale Monitoring of the Hydrocarbon Pollution from the LANDSAT Satellite.- The First European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1): Overall Description, Potential Applications and Users.- The International Standardized Oil Wake Experiments (ISOWAKE).- The Procedures International Standardized Oil Wake Experiment (ISOWAKE).- The Dutch Isowake Experiment of November 1980.- The French Isowake Experiment (Toulon, September, 1980).- Use of an Infrared Line Scanner and a Side Looking Airborne Radar to Detect Oil Discharges from Ships (ISOWAKE Experiments).- The Isowake-Med Experiment.- Contributors' Addresses.- Participants.