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Clean Seas: a North Sea test site

Clean Seas: a North Sea test site
Clean Seas: a North Sea test site
The Clean Seas project focused on the role that existing Earth observing satellites might play in monitoring marine pollution. Results are presented here from August 1997, for the North Sea test site, using sea surface temperature (SST), colour and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images in conjunction with a hydrodynamic model. There was good correlation between data sources, e.g. between SST and ERS-2 SAR images. Both datasets showed the development of fine plume structures close to the Rhine outflow, apparently associated with the outflow, and possibly caused by tidal pulsing of the Rhine Plume. The model reproduced general temperature and sediment distributions well, but fine structures were not reproduced. Model sediment distribution patterns were verified using ‘chlorophyll concentration’ data from colour sensors, representative of sediment concentration in turbid water. In conjunction with the visible channels of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer and Along-Track Scanning Radiometer, they give an uncalibrated measure of the sediment load. The model gives a more complete picture of the temporal dispersion of the Rhine Plume over time than is evident from the remotely sensed data alone.
Remote Sensing, pollution, numerical modelling
0143-1161
1341-1347
Snaith, H.M.
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Gade, M.
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Jolly, G.
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Mangin, A.
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Barale, V.
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Rud, O.
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Ishii, M.
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Gade, M.
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Jolly, G.
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Snaith, H.M., Gade, M., Jolly, G., Mangin, A., Barale, V., Rud, O. and Ishii, M. (2004) Clean Seas: a North Sea test site. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24 (7-8), 1341-1347. (doi:10.1080/01431160310001592274).

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Abstract

The Clean Seas project focused on the role that existing Earth observing satellites might play in monitoring marine pollution. Results are presented here from August 1997, for the North Sea test site, using sea surface temperature (SST), colour and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images in conjunction with a hydrodynamic model. There was good correlation between data sources, e.g. between SST and ERS-2 SAR images. Both datasets showed the development of fine plume structures close to the Rhine outflow, apparently associated with the outflow, and possibly caused by tidal pulsing of the Rhine Plume. The model reproduced general temperature and sediment distributions well, but fine structures were not reproduced. Model sediment distribution patterns were verified using ‘chlorophyll concentration’ data from colour sensors, representative of sediment concentration in turbid water. In conjunction with the visible channels of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer and Along-Track Scanning Radiometer, they give an uncalibrated measure of the sediment load. The model gives a more complete picture of the temporal dispersion of the Rhine Plume over time than is evident from the remotely sensed data alone.

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Published date: 10 April 2004
Keywords: Remote Sensing, pollution, numerical modelling

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Local EPrints ID: 11036
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/11036
ISSN: 0143-1161
PURE UUID: 3f324b84-0532-447b-9968-15bb7b06bc1b

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Date deposited: 27 Oct 2004
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:02

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Author: H.M. Snaith
Author: M. Gade
Author: G. Jolly
Author: A. Mangin
Author: V. Barale
Author: O. Rud
Author: M. Ishii

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