SAR-based oil spill detection and impact assessment on coastal and marine environments

Muhammad Ozair; Muhammad Farooq Iqbal; Irfan Mahmood; Saima Naz

doi:10.1007/s13131-024-2386-8

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Muhammad Ozair, Muhammad Farooq Iqbal, Irfan Mahmood, Saima Naz. SAR-based oil spill detection and impact assessment on coastal and marine environments[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(12): 123-140. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2386-8

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Muhammad Ozair, Muhammad Farooq Iqbal, Irfan Mahmood, Saima Naz. SAR-based oil spill detection and impact assessment on coastal and marine environments[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2024, 43(12): 123-140. doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2386-8

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SAR-based oil spill detection and impact assessment on coastal and marine environments

doi: 10.1007/s13131-024-2386-8

Applied Geo-Informatics Research Lab, Department of Meteorology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan

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Corresponding author: E-mail: farooqbuzdar@gmail.com
Received Date: 2023-12-15
Accepted Date: 2024-07-24
Rev Recd Date: 2024-07-24

Available Online: 2025-01-11

Publish Date: 2024-12-01

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The proposed study focuses on the reported oil spill detection and assessments of oil impacts on marine ecosystems. Five selected oil spills, including those in East China Sea, Balikpapan Bay, Red Sea, Mauritius coast, and Colombo coast were detected using the Sentinel-1 satellite dataset. Sentinel-2/Landsat 8, and Sentinel-5 Precursor (S-5P) satellite datasets were utilized to observe the impacts of oil spills on vegetation cover and air quality respectively. Synthetic aperture radar-based oil spill detection techniques are effective in monitoring oil pollution. Impacts of oil spills on vegetation are monitored via different vegetation indices. The East China Sea spill moved around 190 km from the source point. The area of vegetation cover impacted by the Balikpapan Bay oil spill was 118 km². Near real-time data of different toxic gases from S-5P were analyzed for Sri Lanka and the Red Sea using the Google Earth Engine. It is concluded that wind speed was between the range of 3 m/s to 9 m/s that is favorable for the oil spill detection, and it is also observed that wind direction had impacts on oil spill movement as well. Vegetation Indices provide highly reliable results for the four events but the Red Sea oil spill findings were not satisfactory due to low vegetation cover in this area.
- oil spill detection,
- vegetation cover,
- air quality assessment,
- sentinel,
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

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