Yoshiji Yano

Airborne polarimetric SAR monitoring for ships and coastal seas

Airborne polarimetric and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PiSAR) images are analyzed for monitoring ships and coastal seas especially for estimating sea surface wind speed and direction. Though in situ ships data through AIS (Automatic Identification System) were not available by the time of analysis, PiSARs X band images showed the potential to map coastal wind vectors with high spatial resolution of 2.5 m

Status and Issue of Mariners Accident Prevention Plan

Safety and health is most important affairs in social activities. Measures of safety and Health of Mariners are influenced by Act on Promotion of Safety and Sanitation of Seafarers, and Mariners Law. These regulation for Mariners lack of the articles of guidelines and guidance, recommendation, and state assistance, compared to Industrial Safety and Health Act. This Paper focus on guidelines and countermeasures of Mariners Accident Prevention Plan and refer to need of showing ideal way to prevention for Mariners Accident.