| 2009-06-29 | To bloggers |
Satellite-based monitoring of ecological status at Caspian Sea will be carried on
Ship spills, detected during radar image analysis, 22.10.2008 (RADARSAT-1, CSA, SCANEX)
“Kosmosnimki-Caspian Sea” geo-service interface. Ships marked in yellow, red outline – an oil slick
A series of ship spills in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea, highlighted in red on the right image, 24.05.2008, ENVISAT-1 (ESA, SCANEX, 2008)
Oil spill slick dynamics. “Kosmosnimki-Caspian Sea” geo-service, upper image dated June 22, 2009, lower one – June 23, 2009, RADARSAT-1 (CSA, MDA, SCANEX, 2009)
ScanEx Research and Development Center and the «Kazakh Agency of Applied Ecology» (KAPE) initiated the second stage of satellite-based radar monitoring of the northern and middle part of Caspian Sea. Survey of the environmental situation of this water area has been ongoing since 2008 per request of the governmental authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This year ScanEx started satellite imagery session in March and will carry on its observations until freezing period.
Control over the ecological and shipping situation in northern parts of the Caspian Sea is done based on the operational analysis of radar images, delivered from RADARSAT-1 (Canada) and ENVISAT-1 (ESA) satellites. Radar images are acquired in real-time by the Moscow ground receiving station of ScanEx RDC. ScanEx specialists have been operationally analyzing radar and associated data (wind fields and sea disturbance maps) and hand in the products to the customers via the web-interface “Kosmosnimki – Caspian Sea” and by Internet communication channels.
In 2008, satellite-based monitoring of the Caspian Sea enabled to detect human-induced oil slicks in the water area (e.g., ship spills) and slicks, created by surfactant films of natural origin. Within the area of responsibility of Kazakhstan the biggest oil pollution area due to ship dumps (0.8 sq.km.) was detected in the approach ways to Aktau seaport.
ScanEx Deputy General Director Alexei Kucheiko says: - Comparative analysis of satellite data for 2008 on the territory of Russian and Kazakh sectors of Caspian Sea revealed that more human-induced pollutions were detected within the Russian water area and mostly as a result of dumps from ships.
- Information geo-service based on radar geoproducts enables to obtain spatial distribution of pollutions, measure their parameters and detect their sources, - said KAPE GIS Department Director Valeri Svetlakov. – Along with quick response activities and missions on high-speed powerboats to the locations of the detected pollutions of large areas, satellite-based monitoring can take the proper place in the contemporary system of response to spills that is being established in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Satellite-based monitoring of Caspian Sea once again proved the efficiency of using space technology in monitoring environmental situation of water areas.
ScanEx Center is the leading Russian supplier of information services on operational satellite-based monitoring of seas. The created infrastructure enables to provide complex geoproducts to the customers in 1-3 hours after image acquisition of water areas of Caspian, Black, Okhotsk, Arctic Seas and the Sea of Japan.
KAPE agency is the consulting and engineering organization in sphere of environmental protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The company has a distributed structure and many years of experiences working in international projects on the issues related to environmental protection and control.
Control over the ecological and shipping situation in northern parts of the Caspian Sea is done based on the operational analysis of radar images, delivered from RADARSAT-1 (Canada) and ENVISAT-1 (ESA) satellites. Radar images are acquired in real-time by the Moscow ground receiving station of ScanEx RDC. ScanEx specialists have been operationally analyzing radar and associated data (wind fields and sea disturbance maps) and hand in the products to the customers via the web-interface “Kosmosnimki – Caspian Sea” and by Internet communication channels.
In 2008, satellite-based monitoring of the Caspian Sea enabled to detect human-induced oil slicks in the water area (e.g., ship spills) and slicks, created by surfactant films of natural origin. Within the area of responsibility of Kazakhstan the biggest oil pollution area due to ship dumps (0.8 sq.km.) was detected in the approach ways to Aktau seaport.
ScanEx Deputy General Director Alexei Kucheiko says: - Comparative analysis of satellite data for 2008 on the territory of Russian and Kazakh sectors of Caspian Sea revealed that more human-induced pollutions were detected within the Russian water area and mostly as a result of dumps from ships.
- Information geo-service based on radar geoproducts enables to obtain spatial distribution of pollutions, measure their parameters and detect their sources, - said KAPE GIS Department Director Valeri Svetlakov. – Along with quick response activities and missions on high-speed powerboats to the locations of the detected pollutions of large areas, satellite-based monitoring can take the proper place in the contemporary system of response to spills that is being established in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Satellite-based monitoring of Caspian Sea once again proved the efficiency of using space technology in monitoring environmental situation of water areas.
ScanEx Center is the leading Russian supplier of information services on operational satellite-based monitoring of seas. The created infrastructure enables to provide complex geoproducts to the customers in 1-3 hours after image acquisition of water areas of Caspian, Black, Okhotsk, Arctic Seas and the Sea of Japan.
KAPE agency is the consulting and engineering organization in sphere of environmental protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The company has a distributed structure and many years of experiences working in international projects on the issues related to environmental protection and control.
