Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
157 |
| Date of
Summary |
November 22, 2000 |
| Subject |
Development of an
Airborne Oil Spill Thickness Sensor |
| Performing
Activity |
Emergencies Science Division, Environment Canada |
| Principal
Investigator |
Dr. Merv F. Fingas,
Dr. Carl E. Brown |
| Contracting
Agency |
Minerals Management
Service |
| Estimated
Completion |
September 30, 2001 |
| Description |
This is a Joint
Industry Project (JIP) between MMS, Environment Canada, Imperial Oil Resources Ltd., and
the Industrial Materials Institute. This project was initiated to develop new oil slick
thickness sensor technology for measurement of oil slick thickness on water. The
objectives include: develop the technology of oil slick thickness sensor for the
measurement of oil slick thickness on water from an airborne platform. This technology has
application in several areas including: absolute measurement of dispersant effectiveness,
fundamental understanding of oil slick spreading and volume estimation of oil slicks. The redesigned LURSOT (Laser Ultrasonic Remote Sensing of Oil
Thickness) system had undergone extensive modifications and rigorous laboratory
inspections in preparation for planned airborne flight test’s. The four sets of
flights were supposed to:
(1) verify individual components of the LURSOT system, (2) verify
correct operations of the triggering mechanism, (3) verify correct operation of the
vertical compensation device, and (4) airborne test the complete LURSOT system including
airborne measurement of oil slick thickness over man made slicks. The flights were
cancelled when the principal investigator for this project suddenly resigned. No suitable
replacement was located, so installation of the LURSOT into Environment Canada's DC-3
remote sensing aircraft was put on hold indefinitely. |
| Progress |
|
Reports |
AA
(55 pages)
 |
Choquet, M.,
Monchalin, J., Modeling of Thermoelastic Generation of Ultrasound in Oil Upon Water: Task
2 - Final Report, Industrial Material Institute, National Research Council of Canada,
Boucherville, Quebec, Canada, November 29, 1990. |
| AB (15 pages)
|
Fingas, M. F., Remote
Sensing of Oil Spills, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program
Technical Seminar, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, pp. 361-386, June 6-8, 1990. |
| AC (5 pages)
|
Goodman, R. H.,
Remote Sensing - What Do You Really Need?, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Arctic and Marine
Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, pp. 479-485, June 6- 8,
1990. |
| AD
(123 pages)
|
Investigations of
Remote Oil Thickness Measurement, Final Report, Canpolar, Inc., Downsview, Ontario,
Canada, June 1990. |
| AE (7 pages)
|
Choquet, M., Heon,
R., Vaudreuil, G., Monchalin, J., Padioleau, C., Goodman, R. H., Remote Thickness
Measurement of Oil Slicks on Water by Laser-Ultrasonics, Proceedings of the Thirteenth
Biennial Conference on the Prevention, Behavior, Control, and Cleanup of Oil Spills, pp.
531-536, Tampa, Florida, March 29 - April 1, 1993. |
| AF (14 pages)
|
Brown, C., Fruhwirth,
M., Fingus, M., Vaudreuil, G., Monchalin, J., Choquet, M., Heon, R., Padioleau, C.,
Goodman, R., Mullin J., Oil Slick Thickness Measurement: A Possible Solution to a Long-
Standing Problem, Proceedings of the Eighteenth Arctic Marine Oil Spill Program Technical
Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, pp 427-440, 1995. |
| AG
(162 pages)
|
Final Report on a
Study into the Feasibility of Constructing an Operational Sensor for Laser-Ultrasonic
Remote Sensing of Oil Thickness(LURSOT), SSC File No.: 3SS.K2062-4-0015, Contract No.:
K2062-4-0015/01-SS, Optech Incorporated, North York, Toronto, Ontario, October, 1994. |
| AH |
Brown, C., Fruhwirth,
M., Fingus, M., Vaudreuil, G., Monchalin, J., Choquet, M., Heon, R., Padioleau, C.,
Goodman, R., Mullin J., Absolute Measurement of Oil Slick Thickness: Why Do We Need to
Know and How Can We Achieve It?, presented at the Third Thematic Conference on Remote
Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Seattle, Washington, September 18-20, 1995.
(Out of Print) |
| AI
(4 pages)
|
Brown,
C.E., Fingas, M.F., Goodman, R.H., Mullin, J.V., Choquet, M and Monchalin,
J.P. Progress in Achieving Airborne Oil Slick Thickness Measurement. |
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