Consequences of Tanker Accidents on the Black Sea Side of the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024: a Comprehensive Analysis of Satellite and Meteorological Data
Journal: Cosmic Research
Year: 2025

The article presents a comprehensive analysis of satellite and meteorological data obtained as part of monitoring of oil pollution of the sea and coastal zone of Krasnodar krai and Crimea that occurred as a result of the breakup of two tankers near the Kerch Strait during the storm on December 15, 2024. The monitoring was carried out using radar images of the sea surface from the Sentinel-1A SAR-C (Synthetic Aperture Radar, C-band) and cloudless images of visible range from the Sentinel-2 MSI (M