Radar Imaging Data Applications to Hydrocarbon Prospecting in the South Kerch Offshore, Black Sea Basin

Abstract

E031 RADAR IMAGING DATA APPLICATIONS TO HYDROCARBON PROSPECTING IN THE SOUTH KERCH OFFSHORE BLACK SEA BASIN Abstract 1 A.A. KITCHKA and Yu.V. KOSTYUCHENKO Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth IGS NASU 55-B Gonchar St. Kiev 01601 Ukraine Nowadays application of remotely sensed data acquired by synthetic aperture radar sensors installed onboard of ERS JERS ENVISAT and other satellites and Space Shuttles proves to be a useful tool for offshore oil and gas exploration using processing and thematic interpretation of space-born imagery coupled with analysis of available geological geophysical hydrophysical and meteo information. Radar imaging is a basic remote sensing