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Estimation of Air Pollution due to Gas Flaring from Remote Observations of Flare Thermal Radiation

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The use of Landsat 8 satellite imagery made in winter allowed us to detect the existing units for associated petroleum gas flaring in the west of the Tomsk region. The zones of their thermal impact on the landscape of oil fields are determined. A model for estimating regional pollution of territories from a set of sources is suggested. Based on this model and the thermal radiation from flares, the fields of relative pollution of oil-producing areas in winter and summer periods of the year are estimated.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Reference data on oil production volumes and gas content in oil are taken from the oil properties database of IPC SB RAS.

Funding

The algorithm for identifying FU in satellite images was developed and the areas of heat-affected zone were calculated at IPC SB RAS within the Basic Research Program of the State Academies of Sciences for 2013–2020 V.46.1.2. “Diagnosis and Restoration of Natural Ecosystems at Oil and Gas Complex Facilities of Western Siberia and Surrounding Regions” (no. GR AAAA-A17-117030310200-4). Simulation of regional pollution zones was carried out at the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, within the Basic Research Program of the State Academies of Sciences for 2013–2020 1.4.1.2. “Development of Mathematical Simulation Methods for Problems of Atmospheric Physics, Hydrosphere, and Environmental Protection.”

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  1. Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    M. N. Alekseeva & I. G. Yashchenko

  2. Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    V. F. Raputa

  3. Novosibirsk Research Institute of Hygiene, 630108, Novosibirsk, Russia

    T. V. Yaroslavtseva

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Alekseeva, M.N., Raputa, V.F., Yaroslavtseva, T.V. et al. Estimation of Air Pollution due to Gas Flaring from Remote Observations of Flare Thermal Radiation. Atmos Ocean Opt 33, 289–294 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856020030021

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