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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN JIAOZHOU BAY——ANALYSIS OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA

Zheng Quanan Zhang Xinmei Wu Longye Xiu Shumeng Ma Xiaobing (The First Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration) Xu Hongkai (Qingdao Institute of Environmental Protection Science)   

  • Published:1991-06-25

Abstract: The analysis of the pictures of Landsat TM and the photosof our land resources satellite camera and the on-the-spot investigationshow that the pollution caused by industrial waste water on the easterncoast of Jiaozhou Bay is very serious.The main pollution sources concentrateon along the Haipo river,Licun river,Loushan river and Changkou Distri-ct coast.The width of polluted water area is up to 4~7km,and it spreadsto the sea outside the bay with down stream.The area of polluted region“White Sands” caused by the drained wastes from Qingdao Alkali Factoryamounts to 0.53km~2 at present.The atmosphere in Qingdao City is seriouslypolluted,where the smoke plume is up to 14km wide,drifting down thewind and reaching 30kin far away,which will certainly bring about the di-saster such as acid rain.