TITLE:
Retrieving Remotely Sensed Data Using Plank Algorithm in the Black Sea and Surrounding Seas (2008-2018)
AUTHORS:
Şeyma Merve Kaymaz Mühling
KEYWORDS:
Black Sea, SST, Invasive Species, Mediterranization
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.10 No.1,
January
13,
2022
ABSTRACT: The Black Sea is the world’s largest inner sea, its
only connections with other seas being the Kerch Strait, which leads to the
Azov Sea, and the Istanbul Strait, which connects it with the Mediterranean
Sea. The main aim of this study processes to image analysis and applied
algorithm, to retrieve remote SST data from satellite, to assess the estimated
SSTs, to understand the characteristics of SST by presenting in the Black Sea
and surrounding seas, to discuss the SSTs changes according to climate change
impacts. In this study, Landsat 7 and Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager
(OLI)/Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) Level-1 images of TIR bands are used to
predict Sea Surface Temperature (SST) changes using the Plank algorithm in the
Black Sea and surrounding seas between 2008 and 2018. The SST values were taken
from 55 different stations chosen from the study area. The SST result presented
the central months of the four hydrological seasons. The increasing temperature
data were supported by the literature studies that alien invasive species
entered the Black Sea. The climatic fluctuations obtained as a result of this
study will increase the invasion level of non-native species and their invasion
will continue into the Black Sea and surrounding seas.