The author has identified the following significant results. Imagery from Landsat 1 and 2 proved valuable in determining the location, type, and extent of estuarine fronts under different tidal conditions. Neither ships nor aircraft alone could provide as complete, synoptic, and repetitive an overview as did the satellites. Since estuarine fronts influence the movement of oil slicks and dispersion of other pollutants, cleanup operations depending on real time use of oil slick movement prediction models will benefit not only from aircraft tracking the actual slicks but also from real time satellite observations of surface currents and the location of frontal systems.


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    Title :

    Remote Sensing of Estuarine Fronts and Their Effects on Pollutants


    Contributors:
    V. Klemas (author) / D. F. Polis (author)

    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    55 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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