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Detection and Classification of Land Crude Oil Spills Using Color Segmentation and Texture Analysis
Journal of Imaging, 2017 Crude oil spills have negative consequences on the economy, environment, health and society in which they occur, and the severity of the consequences depends on how quickly these spills are detected once they begin. Several methods have been employed for
O’tega Ejofodomi, Godswill Ofualagba
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 The Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) for oil spills was developed to assist coordinators to evaluate oil spill impact along shorelines and also to coordinate the allocation of resources during and after the incident, aiming to reduce environmental ...
RODRIGO I. CERRI +6 more
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Oil spill detection using optical sensors: a multi-temporal approach [PDF]
, 2018 Oil pollution is one of the most destructive consequences due to human activities in the marine environment. Oil wastes come from many sources and take decades to be disposed of.
Laneve, Giovanni, Luciani, Roberto
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Oil Pollution in the Southeastern Baltic Sea by Satellite Remote Sensing Data in 2004-2015
Transport and Telecommunication, 2016 The results of satellite monitoring of oil pollution in the Southeastern Baltic Sea in 2004-2015 are discussed in the paper. Interannual and seasonal variability of oil pollution is investigated. A steady decrease in total oil pollution was observed from
Bulycheva Elena V. +4 more
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A Novel Approach in Oil Spill Detection, Identification, and Classification via Multisource Technologies and Artificial Intelligence [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesThe Mediterranean Sea has a substantial volume of maritime traffic, including many tankers ferrying oil from eastern sources to western refineries. This critical maritime front, vital for trade and connectivity, also poses a significant risk of oil ...
T. Avikasis Cohen, D. Angel, A. Brook
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The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 [PDF]
, 1990 In response to several major oil spills, including the Exxon Valdez incident in 1989, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) was signed into law. The author reviews responses to various oil spills, and the inadequacy of legislation applicable to such ...
Edelman, Paul S.
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Immediate ecotoxicological effects of short-lived oil spills on marine biota
Nature Communications, 2016 Large oil spills have negative effects on marine ecosystems, but the effects of chronic smallscale spills are less well understood. Here, Brussaard et al.
Corina P. D. Brussaard +10 more
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Remote Sensing, 2019 Oil spills bring great damage to the environment and, in particular, to coastal ecosystems. The ability of identifying them accurately is important to prompt oil spill response.
Peng Liu +4 more
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New problems and opportunities of oil spill monitoring systems [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015 Emergency oil and oil products spills represent a great danger to the environment, including ecosystems, and to the population. New problems of such dangerous spills and methods of early detection are discussed in this paper.
G. M. Barenboim +3 more
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Oil biodegradation and bioremediation: A tale of the two worst spills in U.S. history [PDF]
, 2011 The devastating environmental impacts of the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 and its media notoriety made it a frequent comparison to the BP Deepwater Horizon spill in the popular press in 2010, even though the nature of the two spills and the environments ...
Atlas, Ronald M., Hazen, Terry C.
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