Abstract
Using the MODIS thematic products, the status of vegetation of oil producing areas in Western Siberia for the period 2010-2015 is monitored. An approach for estimating the impact of various factors on the ecology of oil producing areas using the NDVI coefficient and remote sensing data on the status of vegetation is proposed. The approach is tested within four technologically-disturbed lands – four oil fields, Krapivinskoye, Myldzhenskoye, Luginetskoye, and Urmanskoye in Tomsk region. The territory of the Oglatsky Status Nature Reserve of regional importance is investigated as a reference area.
Highlights
Due to intensive industrial production of oil, the oil producing industry has a significant direct and indirect impact on the environment
It was the large area of contamination, which, starting from 2012 and especially in 2013, affected the vegetation status in those years: the lowest normalized vegetation index (NDVI) values were in 2013
The use of remote sensing data to solve environmental problems allows monitoring the vegetation status of inaccessible oil and gas producing areas of Western Siberia. This monitoring is based on an integrated approach
Summary
Due to intensive industrial production of oil, the oil producing industry has a significant direct and indirect impact on the environment. Oil and petroleum products are dangerous environmental pollutants and exert a detrimental effect on all links of the biological chain. Soil contamination at a concentration of 80-100 g/kg creates a critical situation, in which the vegetation is not renewed. Vulnerable in this respect are the wetland ecosystems in Western Siberia. Local in situ observations cannot provide a comprehensive, integrated assessment of the ecological status of the oilproducing areas, so the use of satellite remote sensing data (RSD), ensuring a nearly continuous monitoring of the atmosphere, land and water surfaces, is very important.
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