Kuwaiti Oil Fires Regional Environmental Perspectives

Name: Kuwaiti Oil Fires Regional Environmental Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780080424187

ISBN-10: 008042418X

ISBN-13: 9780080424187

Edition: 1995

Authors: Tahir Husain

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Just before the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf War, more than 700 wells in Kuwaiti oil fields were set on fire. Several international companies and scientific organisations were involved in extinguishing the fires and in assessing the impact of this major environmental incursion. Kuwaiti Oil Fires: Regional Environmental Perspectives summarises these effects. The topics covered include the application of remote sensing techniques to determine the location of wells on fire and plume movement; air quality and particulate monitoring by ground stations and aircraft measurements; organic and inorganic constituents in the air; use of modeling techniques to study dispersion characteristics of…

Book details

Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date: 4/4/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 270
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Economic Development and Oil Exploration in Kuwait and Iraq
The Gulf Environmental Crisis: Preparations, Predictions, and Warning
Extinguising Kuwaiti Oil Fires
Source Estimates
Smoke Plume Characterization
Air Quality Monitoring
Particulate Monitoring
Modeling Approach
Models used during Kuwaiti oil fires
Environmental Impact Assessment
Impact on human health
Impact on weather
Major Episodes - Lessons Learned and the Future
Future emergency response
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