| Author | Ogli, Khalilov Kamran Chingiz |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.SR-00-1 |
| Subject(s) | Oil spills--Oman, Gulf of
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Accidents of oil tankers are spectacular and locally disastrous for the marine environment, but globally four times more oil is discharged from merchant ships during normal operation into the sea than from such tanker accidents. One possible way to detect and monitor oil spillage polluting the marine environment is to employ remote sensing techniques. Three data sets, one day time and two night time images from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on the NOAA-11 satellite, were taken and investigated for detection of oil spill, that occurred on March 31, 1994 in the vicinity of the coastal zone of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman. Sea surface temperature (SST) was obtained through an atmospheric correction with an empirical equation, which uses an energy difference between two thermal channels of the AVHRR. After applying sea surface temperature estimation, shows the oil spill was shown with an apparent skin temperature about 1-2 °C higher than the surrounding water in the daytime. An earlier nighttime AVHRR thermal infrared image was taken and the temperature was about 2 °C lower than surrounding water. Moreover, the signal of the oil spill became very weak in the nighttime on April 1, 1994. The apparent thermal inertia (ATI) was computed as a function of a temperature difference between the daytime and nighttime and an apparent albedo by the AVHRR sensor on board NOAA-11, and this points to the possibility of oil spill detection, while one observation is difficult to detect by temperature difference between an oil slick and seawater |
| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Space Technology Application and Research (SR) |
| Chairperson(s) | Tokunaga, Mitsuharu; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Honzawa, Masahiko;Kusanagi, Michiro;Surat Lertlum; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Japanese Government; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2000 |