CZMIL as a rapid environmental disaster response tool

Viktor Feygels; Vinod Ramnath; Robert Marthouse; Jen Aitken; Brant Smith; Norma Clark; Edward Renz; Hieu Duong; Jennifer Wozencraft; Julia Reisser; Yuri Kopilevich

doi:10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084942

CZMIL as a rapid environmental disaster response tool

Viktor Feygels, Vinod Ramnath, Robert Marthouse, Jen Aitken, Brant Smith, Norma Clark, Edward Renz, Hieu Duong, Jennifer Wozencraft, Julia Reisser, Yuri Kopilevich

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Abstract

The Teledyne Optech CZMIL (Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar) is an airborne system primarily designed for topographic and bathymetric mapping. The combination of a scanning lidar, RGB camera system, and optional ITRES Co. hyperspectral instrument, in conjunction with the Optech HydroFusion software suite within a data fusion paradigm, makes CZMIL an integrated lidar-imagery system for the highly automated generation of physical and environmental information products beyond topographic and bathymetric mapping. These products include benthic classification, water column and bottom type characterization, 3D imaging of water column inhomogeneities, detection of submerged hazardous objects, etc. Its system capabilities are the reason why CZMIL has been applied to various environmental surveys aimed at the detection of distributed pollutions (oil spills, industrial leaks) or discrete targets (plastic debris, sunken objects, etc.) in the water column as well as bottom disorders (silt or sandy sediments). Several examples of CZMIL and its predecessor (SHOALS) engaging in environmental disaster surveys are presented and discussed in the paper, including detection of a leak from a sewer pipeline in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; surveying the BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico; coastal zone change detection and its implications after Hurricanes Sandy and Matthew; and detection of plastic fragments in the Pacific Garbage Patch.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen
Place of Publication	UK
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509052783
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084942
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE Oceans 2017 Aberdeen Conference and Workshop - Aberdeen, United Kingdom Duration: 19 Jun 2017 → 22 Jun 2017

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Conference	IEEE Oceans 2017 Aberdeen Conference and Workshop
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Aberdeen
Period	19/06/17 → 22/06/17

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