
The group of products generated for each Marine Pollution Surveillane Report (MPSR) may differ on a per-case basis due to the product's 
evolution and related changes over time, unforeseen technical issues, and other variables. The collection of products for each MPSR 
may consist of some or all of the following items:

1. Map product(s) showing the suspected oil spill surface digitization and/or the satellite image* showing the oil spill.
2. Polygon shapefile(s) of the digitized oil spill.
3. KMZ GIS file for use in Keyhole Markup Language-support applications.
4. A text tile containing the text information for the report.

While NESDIS makes every effort to ensure that its products are error-free, errors do occur. Neither the United States Government 
nor any of its employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, including the warranty of merchantability and fitness for a 
particular purpose; nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any 
information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed; nor represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights.

More information about the Marine Pollution Surveillance Report (MPSR) produced by the NOAA Satellite Analysis Branch can be 
found at https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/MPS/about.html


*For the following providers, due to copyright and data usage restrictions, only a public version of the MPSR map product, is available: 
ALOS-2, COSMO-SKYMED, FORMOSAT-2, GEOEYE, PLEIADES, QUICKBIRD, SPOT 4-7, TERRASAR-X, UK-DMC2, WORLDVIEW-1, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3


Revised: 05 OCT 2021
