On the Potential of Marine Plastic Litter Detection Using GNSS-Reflectometry
Nowadays, more than 14 million metric tons of plastic end up in the oceans yearly. Detection of marine litter is an urgent task in order to pick them up, and avoid its dumping. Some works have recently reported on the potential of GNSS-Reflectometry to detect marine plastic litter from space. In thi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/386712 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/386712 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Remote sensing Marine pollution GNSS-R remote sensing marine pollution Teledetecció Mar--Contaminació Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Teledetecció |
| Sumario: | Nowadays, more than 14 million metric tons of plastic end up in the oceans yearly. Detection of marine litter is an urgent task in order to pick them up, and avoid its dumping. Some works have recently reported on the potential of GNSS-Reflectometry to detect marine plastic litter from space. In this study, the results of a field experiment conducted at the Atlantic basin at Deltares premises (Delft, The Netherlands), under the auspices of ESA, are presented. Different kinds of waves with different significant wave heights simulating ocean conditions were generated, and different types of plastics and marine litter were thrown to assess which ones are more susceptible for its detection. |
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