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AuthorRajendran, Sankaran
AuthorAboobacker, V. M.
AuthorSeegobin, Vashist O.
AuthorAl Khayat, Jassim A.
AuthorRangel-Buitrago, Nelson
AuthorAl-Kuwari, Hamad Al Saad
AuthorSadooni, Fadhil N.
AuthorVethamony, Ponnumony
Available date2022-02-20T06:40:16Z
Publication Date2022-02-01
Publication NameMarine Pollution Bulletin
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113330
CitationSankaran Rajendran, V.M. Aboobacker, Vashist O. Seegobin, Jassim A. Al Khayat, Nelson Rangel-Buitrago, Hamad Al-Saad Al-Kuwari, Fadhil N. Sadooni, Ponnumony Vethamony, History of a disaster: A baseline assessment of the Wakashio oil spill on the coast of Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 175, 2022, 113330, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113330.
ISSN0025326X
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URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/27288
AbstractOil spills from tanker ships provide adverse and irreversible impacts of a pollutant over coastal and marine environments. Using Sentinel-1 and 2 satellite images, this baseline paper presents the detection, assessment, and monitoring of the aground and further oil spill from the Wakashio ship of August 06, 2020, on the Mauritius coast. The oil spill started on August 06, after cracks developed on the hull, and continued until the total breakup of the ship on August 15, 2020. Data shows displacements in ship position of about 100 m, and a maximum change of 80° in orientation (from NS to NE). The remote sensing results were validated using met-ocean observations and reanalysis, which showed winds, waves, and tides of high magnitude at the accident site during the incident period. Analysis of the results of this event using REAS and CMEMS data indicate their usefulness to study similar future oil spills events.
SponsorThis work was supported by the Qatar University's International Research Collaboration Co-Funds project (IRCC-2019-002).
Languageen
PublisherElsevier
SubjectCoral reef
Mauritius
Met-Ocean data
Oil spill
Sentinel data
Wakashio grounding
TitleHistory of a disaster: A baseline assessment of the Wakashio oil spill on the coast of Mauritius, Indian Ocean
TypeArticle
Volume Number175
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