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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2014, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 111-126

Results of satellite monitoring of the sea surface oil pollution in Southeastern Baltic Sea in 2004-2013

E.V. Bulycheva1 , A.G. Kostianoy2,3 
1 Atlantic Branch of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS, Kaliningrad 236022, Russia
2 P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow 117997, Russia
3 S.Yu. Witte Moscow University, Moscow 115432, Russia
The results of satellite monitoring of oil pollution in the Southeastern Baltic Sea in 2004-2013 are discussed in the paper. Interannual and seasonal variability of oil pollution is investigated. From 2005-2006 to 2011 there was a steady decline in the number of oil spills and their total area. A maximum of oil pollution is observed in the spring and summer, which is probably due to favorable hydro-meteorological conditions for the detection of oil spills on radar images. Peculiarities of spatial distribution of oil pollution and areas of oil spills location are revealed. The most polluted area are waters west of the Sambian Peninsula, including the shipping routes to the Port of Baltiysk with approaches. According to the analysis of the shapes of detected oil spills, it was concluded that the main polluters of the sea surface in the Southeastern Baltic are vessels. No oil spills originated from the oil platform D-6 was detected in 2004-2013. From 2004 to the present time satellite monitoring of the «Kravtsovskoe» (D-6) oil field is the only operational tool for oil pollution control of the sea surface waters of the Russian Federation in the Southeastern Baltic Sea.
Keywords: Baltic Sea, radar images, oil pollution, oil spills, interannual and seasonal variability of oil pollution, oil spill drift forecast
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