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The Aral Sea Environment pp 147–179Cite as

Satellite Monitoring of the Aral Sea Region

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The efficiency of using satellite information (satellite imagery, measurements from radiometers and altimeters) for tracing the dynamics of various characteristics of the Aral Sea during its desiccation is demonstrated. Interannual variability of morphometric parameters of the sea and its parts is considered (1957–2008), as well as that of sea surface temperature (SST) (1982–2000), sea level (1992–2006), dates of the first and last observations of ice cover (1992–2005), amount of atmospheric precipitation over the catchment areas (1979–2001), and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) (1981–2001). Seasonal changes in landscape of a former sea bottom have been analyzed and mapped. Examples of manifestation of various processes in water (coastal upwelling, vortices, wind surges, etc.) and atmosphere (dust/salt storms) on satellite images are presented.

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Abbreviations

AVHRR:

Advanced very high resolution radiometer

DMSP:

Defense meteorological satellite program

GFO:

Geosat follow-on

GPCP:

Global precipitation climatology project

ISADB:

Integrated satellite altimetry database

J1:

Jason-1

MCSST:

Multichannel sea surface temperature

NASA:

National aeronautics and space administration

NDVI:

Normalized difference vegetation index

NOAA:

National oceanic and atmospheric administration

SMMR:

Scanning multichannel microwave radiometer

SSH:

Sea surface height

SSM/I:

Special sensor microwave/imager

SST:

Sea surface temperature

T/P:

TOPEX/Poseidon

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by the program of Leading Scientific Schools № NSh-171.2008.5, Russian Foundation for Basic Research Grant № 07-05-00187, and Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences Project № 17.

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  1. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36 Nakhimovsky Pr, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    Anna I. Ginzburg, Andrey G. Kostianoy & Nickolay A. Sheremet

  2. Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119992, Moscow, Russia

    Valentina I. Kravtsova

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    Andrey G. Kostianoy

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Ginzburg, A.I., Kostianoy, A.G., Sheremet, N.A., Kravtsova, V.I. (2010). Satellite Monitoring of the Aral Sea Region. In: Kostianoy, A., Kosarev, A. (eds) The Aral Sea Environment. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry(), vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2009_15

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