Abstract

Rapid mapping and quantification of mineral oils spilled into water is one of the most important issues of environment protection. The actuality to measure oil film thickness within the micrometer accuracy is defined by the fact that oil film on water surface affects the character of aquatic and atmospheric processes. Such processes as vaporisation, gas-exchange, photochemical reactions are altered by a spill, which also affects the distribution of light in solar spectrum penetrating into the water column.

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