Remote Sensing Assessment of Oil Spills Near a Damaged Platform in the Gulf of Mexico
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
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
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 136, p. 141-151
Scholar Commons Citation
Sun, Shaojie; Hu, Chuanmin; Garcia-Pineda, Oscar; Kourafalou, Vassiliki; Le Hénaff, Matthieu; and Androulidakis, Yannis, "Remote Sensing Assessment of Oil Spills Near a Damaged Platform in the Gulf of Mexico" (2018). C-IMAGE Publications. 72.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cimage_pubs/72
Comments
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