Article
Remote Sensing Assessment of Oil Spills Near a Damaged Platform in the Gulf of Mexico
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2018
Keywords
- Oil spill,
- Optical remote sensing,
- Taylor Energy,
- MC-20,
- Gulf of Mexico,
- Hurricane
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.09.004
Disciplines
Abstract
An oil platform in the Mississippi Canyon 20 (MC-20) site was damaged by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004. In this study, we use medium- to high-resolution (10-30 m) optical remote sensing imagery to systematically assess oil spills near this site for the period between 2004 and 2016. Image analysis detects no surface oil in 2004, but ~40% of the cloud-free images in 2005 show oil slicks, and this number increases to ~70% in 2006-2011, and > 80% since 2012. For all cloud-free images from 2005 through 2016 (including those without oil slicks), delineated oil slicks show an average oil coverage of 14.9 km
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 136, p. 141-151
Citation Information
Shaojie Sun, Chuanmin Hu, Oscar Garcia-Pineda, Vassiliki Kourafalou, et al.. "Remote Sensing Assessment of Oil Spills Near a Damaged Platform in the Gulf of Mexico" Marine Pollution Bulletin Vol. 136 (2018) p. 141 - 151 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/chuanmin_hu/256/
Data used in this article are available for download.
Oil spill statistical assessment at MC-20 Taylor oil spill site from satellite imagery in 2004-2016