Evidence of hydrocarbon contamination from the Burgan oil field, Kuwait-Interpretations from thermal remote sensing data

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 605-615

  ud din, Saif ^a   Al Dousari, Ahmad ^a   Literathy, Peter ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Burgan oil field; Gulf war; Hydrocarbon pollution; Kuwait; Land surface temperature; Oil lakes; Thermal remote sensing

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL; HYDROCARBON;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROCARBON; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; OIL FIELD; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KUWAIT; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SPILL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TELECOMMUNICATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 38149109012     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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