Assessment of areas environmentally sensitive to oil spills in the western Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, for planning and undertaking an effective response

•A comprehensive environmental sensitivity index was prepared and ESM maps generated.•Impact of Gulf War Oil Spill in 1991 impact on a mangrove habitat was assessed using Landsat imageries.•Impact probability of oil spill are calculated through General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment/Automated...

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Published inMarine pollution bulletin Vol. 150; p. 110588
Main Authors Sardi, Sudibyo S., Qurban, Mohammed A., Li, Wenzhao, Kadinjappalli, Krishnakumar P., Manikandan, P.Karuppasamy, Hariri, Mustafa M., Tawabini, Bassam S., Khalil, Amjad B., El-Askary, Hesham
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2020
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Arabian gulf
Ecological risk assessment
Environmental assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental protection
Oil and gas industries
Oil spill model
Oil spill response
Oil spills
Remote sensing
Sensitivity map
Saudi Arabia
ISW, Persian Gulf
Oil spill model
Sensitivity map
Arabian gulf
Oil spill response
Remote sensing
Ecological risk assessment
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Summary:•A comprehensive environmental sensitivity index was prepared and ESM maps generated.•Impact of Gulf War Oil Spill in 1991 impact on a mangrove habitat was assessed using Landsat imageries.•Impact probability of oil spill are calculated through General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment/Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills (GNOME/ADIOS) model simulation.•Areas with the highest priority for protection in case of an oil spill were demarcated for the development of immediate response plans.
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ISSN:0025-326X
1879-3363
DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110588