**6. Conclusion**

In this chapter, a remote sensing monitoring system for maritime search and rescue (RS-MSR) is presented. Some related algorithms are introduced. The satellite remote sensing imageries of large scale water area are acquired to detect and locate distress ships for guiding the search operation. Some important data such as current and sea state are retrieved to assist decisionmaking of the operation. System experiment design and test are presented, and the performance shows that this system can effectively improve the searching speed and accuracy, and is of significance in promoting rescue success rate and efficiency.
