Remote sensing assessment of oil lakes and oil-polluted surfaces at the Greater Burgan oil field, Kuwait

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 1999, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-47

  Kwarteng, Andy Yaw ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf War; Burgan oil field; Digital image processing; Environment monitoring; Environmental assessment; IRS; Kuwait; Landsat TM; Oil contaminated surfaces; Oil lakes; Remote sensing; SPOT

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRS (SATELLITE); LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; OIL POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPOT;

KUWAIT;

EID: 13044312719     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0303-2434(99)85026-0     Document Type: Article

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