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It has been repeatedly noted that oil is difficult to observe from sea level or just above, say from the deck or bridge of a ship; and that only oil in the immediate vicinity of the ship can be reliably seen.1 This would not matter a great deal if the pollutant affected sea area were covered continuously as well as extensively. As we have noted however, the surface slick is eventually broken up into windrows and similar rafts of emulsion so that observers onboard cannot readily see how best to deploy their ships for optimal oil treatment rates, either in dispersant spraying or in recovery operations. Indeed, in Section 5.4.1, we also noted the need for surveillance aircraft to make good the observational deficiencies of those in the lower altitude spraying aircraft.
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Cormack, D. (1999). Remote Sensing and Surface Sampling of Oil. In: Response to Marine Oil Pollution — Review and Assessment. Environmental Pollution, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9301-4_7
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