Abstract
This study documents a complex fire event that occurred on October 2016, in Middle East belligerent area. Two fire outbreaks were detected by different spacecraft monitoring instruments on board of TERRA, CALIPSO and AURA Earth Observation missions. Link with local weather conditions was examined using ERA Interim Reanalysis and CAMS datasets. The detection of the event by multiple sensors enabled a detailed characterization of fires and the comparison with different observational data.
Highlights
Oil and sulfur fires have a major deleterious impact on the environment and human health
The analysis has implied the use of multiple data from the following instruments: Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), CloudAerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)
Comparing the altitude where the smoke particles were detected by MISR (Figure 2 c, d) with the planetary boundary layer (PBL) height values corresponding to the morning hours (06UTC) when TERRA overpassed Mosul area, it is obvious that the smoke injection dispersed within the free atmosphere and affected a large area, as it was mentioned by WHO reports
Summary
Oil and sulfur fires have a major deleterious impact on the environment and human health. On October 2016, a complex fire event was registered, combining fires at the Al-Mishraq sulfur plant (the same that produced the event in 2003) and at the nearby Qayyarah oil field, when ISIS forces that retreated from Mosul torched the plants. Taking into consideration the negative effects of oil and sulfur fires it is highly important to study the events using state of the art satellite data.
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