An approach for determination of sea surface plastic waste transport routes using Copernicus Marine Service products

Miroslav Y. Tsvetkov

doi:10.1117/12.2636237

26 October 2022 An approach for determination of sea surface plastic waste transport routes using Copernicus Marine Service products

Miroslav Y. Tsvetkov

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Proceedings Volume 12268, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XIII; 1226808 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2636237
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2022, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

In recent years, many reports have shown increasing pollution of the world's oceans with plastic waste, even the formation of plastic islands on the sea surface. Considering that marine currents are the major factor of the plastic waste movement into the marine environment, an approach for determining of sea surface flows using zonal and meridional components of ocean currents velocity data of “Physics analysis and forecast” products delivered by Copernicus Marine Service. By numerical modeling and simulations in MATLAB environment are derived sea surface flows which are considered to be the main transport routes of plastic waste on the sea surface. A georeferenced map, as a result of study focused on the West Black Sea aquatory is presented.

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Miroslav Y. Tsvetkov "An approach for determination of sea surface plastic waste transport routes using Copernicus Marine Service products", Proc. SPIE 12268, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XIII, 1226808 (26 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2636237

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