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A novel method of identifying and analysing oil smoke plumes based on MODIS and CALIPSO satellite data
Alexandru Mereuţă
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, 400294, Romania
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, 400294, Romania
Andrei T. Radovici
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, 400294, Romania
Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Metodologie per
l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), C. da S. Loja, Tito Scalo (PZ), 85050, Italy
Lucia T. Deaconu
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, 400294, Romania
Camelia S. Botezan
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, 400294, Romania
Horaţiu I. Ştefănie
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, 400294, Romania
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw,
Warsaw, Poland
Doina Nicolae
National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics (INOE), Magurele,
Romania
Alexandru Ozunu
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeş-Bolyai
University, Cluj-Napoca, 400294, Romania
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Disaster Management
Training and Education Centre (DIMTEC), University of the Free State,
Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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In this study we analysed oil smoke plumes from 30 major industrial events within a 12-year timeframe. To our knowledge, this is the first study of its kind that uses a synergetic approach based on satellite remote sensing techniques. Satellite data offer access to these events, which are mainly located in war-prone or hazardous areas. Our study highlights the need for improved aerosol models and algorithms for these types of aerosols with implications on air quality and climate change.
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