Browsing by Author "Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad"
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Mapping of aeolian deposits of an industrial site in the arid region using the TIR bands of ASTER and study of physicochemical characters and stabilization of sand erosion
Sankaran, Rajendran; Zouari, Nabil; Sadooni, Fadhil N.; Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Al-Jabri, Abdulaziz; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad... more authors ... less authors ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)This study describes the spectral emissive character of silicate and carbonate minerals of aeolian deposits and maps the deposits and sand encroachments that occurred in and around the site 5/6 of Qatar Fertilizer Company ... -
Microbially influenced formation of anhydrite at low temperature
Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Sadooni, Fadhil; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad; Bontognali, Tomaso R.R. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2023 , Article)Calcium sulfate minerals are abundant in nature – on Earth and on Mars – and important in several fields of material sciences. With respect to gypsum and bassanite, anhydrite represents the anhydrous crystalline phase in ... -
Monitoring oil spill in Norilsk, Russia using satellite data.
Rajendran, Sankaran; Sadooni, Fadhil N; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al-Saad; Oleg, Anisimov; Govil, Himanshu; Nasir, Sobhi; Vethamony, Ponnumony... more authors ... less authors ( Nature Research , 2021 , Article)This paper studies the oil spill, which occurred in the Norilsk and Taimyr region of Russia due to the collapse of the fuel tank at the power station on May 29, 2020. We monitored the snow, ice, water, vegetation and wetland ... -
Retrieval of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in the Arabian Gulf water of arid region by Sentinel-2 data
Sankaran, Rajendran; Al-Khayat, Jassim A.; J, Aravinth; Chatting, Mark Edward; Sadooni, Fadhil N.; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2023 , Article)Suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in water increases temperature and turbidity, limits the photosynthesis of aquatic plants, and reduces biologically available oxygen. It is important to study SSC in the coastal waters ... -
Sentinel-2 image transformation methods for mapping oil spill – A case study with Wakashio oil spill in the Indian Ocean, off Mauritius
Rajendran, Sankaran; Vethamony, Ponnumony; Sadooni, Fadhil N.; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad; Al-Khayat, Jassim A.; Govil, Himanshu; Nasir, Sobhi... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)Although several indices have been constructed and available at the Index database (IDB) for Sentinel-2 satellite to map and study several earth resources, no indices have been developed to map oil spill. We constructed ... -
Variability of blue carbon storage in arid evaporitic environment of two coastal Sabkhas or mudflats
Al Disi, Zulfa Ali; Naja, Khaled; Rajendran, Sankaran; Elsayed, Hadil; Strakhov, Ivan; Al-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad; Sadooni, Fadhil; Dittrich, Maria; Al-Khayat, Jassim Abdulla A.... more authors ... less authors ( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)Coastal Sabkhas are mudflats found in arid coastal regions that are located within the supratidal zone when high rates of evaporation lead to high salinity. While evaporitic minerals often accumulate underneath the surface, ...