Oil spill monitoring using Sentinel-2B remote sensing data

The article provides a comparative analysis of the results of calculating vegetation indices based on remote sensing data from various survey systems in order to determine the suitability of using Sentinel-2B satellite images to assess the degree of damage to natural components affected by oil spills. As the main criteria for assessing the informative capacity of remote sensing data, their spectral and spatial resolution are considered. The results of experimental studies characterizing the spatial distribution of the values of the NDVI and SAVI vegetation indices in the oil spill area are presented, on the basis of which the advantages and disadvantages of the Landsat and PlanetScope survey systems are determined when monitoring the state of open soils, including those contaminated with oil products. In order to increase the reliability of the results of the study, it is proposed to use modifications of the considered vegetation indices.