Observation of the Penglai 19-3 oil leak and its impact on the sea area ecosystem

Author

Jie Guo ; Qiang Xie ; Xin Liu

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

919

Lastpage

922

Abstract

In this paper, we use ENVISAT ASAR data and the Estuary, Coastal and Ocean Model to analyze and compare characteristics of the Penglai 19-3 oil leak. The oil slicks have spread from the point of the oil spill to the east or north-western Bohai Sea. We make a comparison between the changes caused by the oil spill on the chlorophyll concentration and the sea surface temperature using MODIS data, which can be used to analyze the effect of the oil spill on the Bohai Sea ecosystem. We found that the Penglai 19-3 oil spill caused abnormal chlorophyll concentration distributions and caused red tide nearby area of oil spill in the Bohai Sea.

Keywords

marine pollution; ocean temperature; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; water pollution measurement; Bohai Sea ecosystem; ENVISAT ASAR data; MODIS data; Penglai oil leak; chlorophyll concentration distributions; coastal model; estuary model; ocean model; oil slicks; oil spill; red tide; sea area ecosystem; sea surface temperature; Biological system modeling; Ocean temperature; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Temperature distribution; Tides; ENVISAT ASAR; MODIS; chlorophyll; oil spill; sea surface temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351407

Filename

6351407