Operational System to Generate Marine Pollution Information (MPI) Using Satellites, Aircrafts, Drones and Mobile Devices 

Chan Su Yang, Principal Research Scientist, Marine Domain & Security Research Department, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) 

Monday 30th September, 1-2pm, Cottrell LT A5 and streamed on Teams (cif the link does not work for you contact tony.robertson[a]stir.ac.uk). This seminar is open to all staff, students and affiliates of the University of Stirling. The seminar is hosted by Biological and Environmental Sciences (BES). Please note that this seminar will not be recorded.

Title: Operational System to Generate Marine Pollution Information (MPI) Using Satellites, Aircrafts, Drones and Mobile Devices

Who this might appeal to: Those interested in the areas of Ocean Remote Sensing, Marine Pollution Monitoring and Coast Guard Missions

Abstract: Korea Coast Guard (KCG) is operating several types of platforms such as manned and unmanned aircrafts, satellites and smart devices for marine pollution monitoring and surveillance. Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) has developed an operational system to generate 5 types of Marine Pollution Information (MPI) for oil spills and some species of floating Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) using multiple platforms. The system, denoted as ISABU (Integrated remote-Sensing Application for oil/f-HNS spill oBservation & evalUation), supports open and commercial SAR and Optical satellites and airplane/drone-based EO video/image and mobile phone. Accuracies of MPI detection exceeds 85% for satellites and 84% for aircrafts, with processing time around 2 minutes for aircraft, PlanetScope, and Landsat, and up to 12 minutes for Sentinel-1/2. An optional function allows experts to evaluate MPIs based on data sources including oceanic and atmospheric environment and ship traffic.

Bio: Chan-Su Yang received the B.E. degree in Maritime Transportation Science in 1993, and the M.S. degree in Maritime Industrial Engineering from Korea Maritime University, Busan, Korea, in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree (Eng.) in Civil Engineering (Satellite Remote Sensing) from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 2001. After two-year work at JAMSTEC (2001 to 2002), he has been with the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), Busan, Korea, where he is currently Principal Research Scientist.

He is also Professor in the Department of Marine Environmental System Science, Korea University of Science & Technology where he teaches satellite remote sensing. He has been a member of KSRS, IEEE and SPIE, and is IEEE Senior member from 2020.

His research interests include “Maritime Safety and Security” based on satellite remote sensing technologies and satellite oceanography such as the analysis of oceanic phenomena by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), sea-ice monitoring and Sea Surface Temperature (SST).