Coastal pollution hazards in southern California observed by SAR imagery: Stormwater plumes, wastewater plumes, and natural hydrocarbon seeps

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1013-1024

  DiGiacomo, Paul M ^a   Washburn, Libe ^b   Holt, Benjamin ^a   Jones, Burton H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon seeps; Runoff; Slicks; Southern California; Synthetic aperture radar; Wastewater, plumes

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; SEA SURFACE; STORMWATER PLUMES; WASTEWATER PLUMES;

CLOUDS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RUNOFF; STORMS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMAL PLUMES; WASTEWATER;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; RUNOFF; SURFACTANT;

COASTAL WATER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; COASTAL WATERS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAVITY; PLUME; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; WORLD;

EID: 8844269068     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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