Mature use case

Oil Spill Detection

Oil spill detection from satellite images

Aim

To establish an operational service at the iMagine platform for automatic processing of satellite images for detecting oil spills as extra component of an existing marine pollution oil spill monitoring and modelling service.

Development actions during iMagine

1

Using the iMagine platform for further refining the AI supported detection of oil spills. Training datasets containing labelled images of oil spills in satellite imagery will be used to improve existing deep learning algorithms, as well as to test advanced approaches like transfer learning between trained Deep Neural Networks. Use will be made of images from Sentinel 1, Sentinel 2 and Landsat 8 satellites with focus on Mediterranean Sea.

2

Setting up an operational AI service, including image database, for oil spill detection at the iMagine platform and configuring the interfacing with the existing operational marine pollution oil spill monitoring and modelling service running at CMCC

3

Developing guidance documentation for other researchers for using the AI service

4

Reaching out to other researchers and provide support and training

Expected Results

1

Establishing operational use of satellite images for optimizing the oil spill monitoring and modelling service and its results, which will benefit its professional users. In addition, more researchers will have access and could use the AI service and database for their modelling research.

Involved Partners

CMCCMSO-ERIC

lead and expert in oceanographic and oil spill modelling and forecasting

OrbitalEOSPC

 expert in processing of satellite images, also using AI

University of Trento

expert on scientific data management (environmental domain), platform and service development