Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2013, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 303-319
The use of satellite monitoring of suspended matter transport for the assessment of transboundary environmental impact of construction the Russian section of the offshore gas pipeline Nord Stream
N.N. Grishin
1, A.G. Kostianoy
21 Nord Stream AG, 7, build. 3, Znamenka Str., Moscow, 119019, Russia
2 P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36, Nakhimovsky Pr., Moscow, 117997, Russia
The present paper presents results of satellite turbidity monitoring used for assessment of transboundary impacts from construction of the Russian section of the Nord Stream Pipeline on the Baltic Sea environment. The results show no transboundary impacts, assessed by sediment spreading caused by various construction works at the Russian offshore part of the pipeline route and near the landfall. It was indicated, that satellite monitoring can be applied for the assessment of transboundary impacts on water bodies of the projects falling under the Espoo Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, which Russian Federation will join in the nearest future.
Keywords: Nord Stream, морской газопровод, Балтийское море, спутниковый мониторинг, взвешенные наносы, трансграничное воздействие, Конвенция Эспо, Nord Stream, the offshore gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea, satellite monitoring, suspended matter, transboundary impact, Espoo Convention
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