Abstract

Lidar remote sensing is one of the most promising ways of the sea exploration. Lidar reliably detects oil films on the sea surface at vertical sounding. However, when scanning devices are used for remote sensing of the sea surface and the lidar optical axis deviates from the vertical direction, the received echo-pulse strongly depends on the sea state (wind speed) and the angle of scanning [1]. This effect can make interpretation of the lidar data difficult.

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