Utilization of remotely sensed data to detect anthropogenic impacts on sea surface temperature of Kuwait Bay, Kuwait

Al-Rashidi, Thamer B.; Amos, Carl L.; El-Gamily, H. I.

doi:10.1109/oceanse.2007.4302207

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“…High resolution satellite SST (Landsat) images show that the effects of local drivers are largely restricted to Kuwait Bay (Al-Rashidi et al 2007). Here, SST increase is 0.1°C/decade greater than that in the adjacent northern Arabian Gulf.…”

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Sea surface temperature trends in Kuwait Bay, Arabian Gulf

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The waters of Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, are well mixed by macrotidal, semi-diurnal tides. Sea surface temperature (SST) is thus a good proxy of water mass temperature in the bay. The factors governing SST have been conveniently subdivided into global, regional and local drivers. This paper provides a study on long-term drivers of temperature change in the northern Arabian Gulf: that is, factors that influence decadal changes. AVHRR (NOAA) satellite data of Kuwait Bay, collected between 1985 and 2002, show that SST has steadily increased at a rate of 0.6 (±0.3)°C/decade. This trend was three times greater than the concurrent global average. The rate of change was greatest in May and June and least during winter months. The trends defined by satellite data were substantiated by routine in situ monthly measurements of SST made in the region and were also similar to air temperature trends recorded at Kuwait airport. The monthly measurements of SST also showed a peak in summer temperature coincident with an El Niño event in 1998. A relatively low summertime peak during 1991 in the aftermath of Iraqi invasion of Kuwait is considered to be the result of atmospheric dimming brought about by dense smoke that persisted in the region for most of that year.

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“…(Saeed et al 1999). Al-Rashidi et al (2007) studied the human impact on SST in Kuwait Bay and concluded that there is a high correlation between human activities in the coastal zone and the increase of SST.…”

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