The Potentiality of Operational Mapping of Oil Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea near the Entrance of the Suez Canal Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data

The Potentiality of Operational Mapping of Oil Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea near the Entrance of the Suez Canal Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data

The Suez Canal, being a main international maritime shipping route, experiences heavy ship traffic with probable illegal oil discharges. Oil pollution is harming the marine ecosystem and creates pressure on the coastal socio-economic activities particularly at Port Said city (the area of study). It...

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Main Authors: Islam Abou El-Magd, Mohamed Zakzouk, Abdulaziz M Abdulaziz, Elham M Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data
oil spills
image processing techniques
Suez Canal
Mediterranean Sea
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/8/1352

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