ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2016, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 74-84

Interannual variability of sea surface oil pollution in the southeastern Baltic Sea in 2004−2015

E.V. Bulycheva 1 , A.G. Kostianoy 1, 2 , A.V. Krek 1, 3 
1 Atlantic Branch of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Kaliningrad, Russia
2 S.Yu. Witte Moscow University, Moscow , Russia
3 I. Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, Russia
Accepted: 24.08.2016
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2016-13-19-74-84
The results of satellite monitoring of oil pollution in the southeastern Baltic Sea in 2004−2015 are discussed in the paper. The present study of interannual variability of oil pollution shows that from 2004 to 2011 there was a steady decline in the number of oil spills and their total area. In 2014−2015, the level of oil contamination was slightly higher than the minimum recorded in 2011.Analysis of forms of detected oil spills showed that the main sources of oil pollution were vessels. The most polluted water area is the region to the west of the Sambia Peninsula with approaches to the Port of Baltiysk. Most oil spills have areas of 1−10 km2. Larger spills are rare, but they contribute to the general statistics of oil pollution in the southeastern Baltic. On the basis of field measurements, an average annual value of background concentration of oil products in seawater was obtained. Quantitative estimation of oil contamination showed that oil spills observed by satellites according to preliminary estimates constituted 0.1−1% of the total oil pollution of the study area. In 2004−2015, no cases of oil pollution from the D-6 oil platform were recorded.
Keywords: Baltic Sea, satellite monitoring, radar images, oil pollution, interannual variability, oil discharge from the vessel, quantitative estimation of oil pollution, D-6 oil platform
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