Study of fields of currents and pollution of the coastal waters on the Gelendzhik shelf of the Black Sea with space data

Abstract

This paper presents the results of hydrophysical measurements and processing of space imagery of the fields of currents and pollution of the coastal waters on the Gelendzhik shelf of the Black Sea. The results of measurements with a towed acoustic Doppler profiler reveal the strong spatial and temporal variability of the fields of near-surface currents and impact of the deep discharge on the dynamics of coastal waters. The characteristics of the near-surface seawater pollution are studied under the influence of the submerged outfall. The analysis of space imagery of high spatial resolution reveal small-scale optical seawater heterogeneities caused by intense anthropogenic impact directly on the Gelendzhik Bay, the surface influence of the submerged outfall on the coastal waters, and the pollution jet area.