Sea Level Rise Projections for Failaka Island in The State of Kuwait

Albanai, Jasem A

doi:10.7225/toms.v09.n02.008

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“…2) is located in the state of Kuwait, a country located in the northwestern reaches of the Arabian/Persian Gulf (Albanai, 2021e;Hassan et al, 2021), and north-eastern side of the Arabian Pennunsela (Albanai, 2021;Albanai, Karam, et al, 2022). The island is located on the entrance of Kuwait Bay, about 20 from the mainland of Kuwait (Albanai, 2020). The depth range around the island does not exceed 12 meters below sea level (Albanai, 2021c(Albanai, , 2021b.…”

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Open-source-based Approach to Delineate the Shoreline from Space: A Case Study in Failaka Island, the State of Kuwait

Albanai¹

2022

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Researchers need to delineate the shoreline for different applications with no access to costly resources such as topographic maps and high-resolution satellite images. With the increase of open source data, this study aims to present a methodology to use open source data in the best possible way to map the shoreline. Several methods have been tested using open source remote sensing data (Landsat and Aster), such as supervised classification, unsupervised classification, manual mapping, and by applying some spectral indices, among others. The accuracy of the extracted shoreline data was verified using high-resolution open database images (such as Google Earth basemap). The results showed that the manually mapped shoreline through applying spectral index (green- near infrared/green+ near infrared) is the most accurate, although it remains important to modify it using high-resolution images of open databases. Open-source data showed acceptable accuracy in mapping the shoreline.

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Open-source-based Approach to Delineate the Shoreline from Space: A Case Study in Failaka Island, the State of Kuwait

Albanai¹

2022

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“…The image backscatter shows low values for the water and high values for land. These processing and analysing steps have been applied previously in numerous studies (Albanai, 2020;Psomiadis, 2016).…”

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Modeling and Managing Flash Flood Hazards in the State of Kuwait.

Hassan¹,

Goudie²

2021

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Flash flooding is one of the most devastating natural events that leads to enormous and recurring loss of life. Kuwait was subjected to severe rainstorms in the winter of 2018 and 2020 followed by an extreme violent flood that had not been known in Kuwait since 1976. It resulted in several geomorphological and environmental impacts in urban and desert areas. This produced some positive results, such as geomorphological activity in landforms, the flow of some valleys and the prosperity of wildlife in the Kuwaiti desert. Negative results included some problems in the metropolitan area and destruction of some road networks that intersect the main valleys, and which were not equipped with crossings for avoiding floods. There was also the emergence of some problems in the infrastructure. Study of flash floods requires the involvement of all scientific and executive bodies to avoid environmental risk. The study aims to: 1- Monitor geomorphological and environmental changes. 2- Assess the impact of floods in the urban areas and on infrastructure. 3- Modeling the impact. 4- Creating solutions and adaptions to the flash flood. The study uses several methods such as remote sensing (RS), geographic information systems (GIS), hydrologic modeling and fieldwork to evaluate the impact of flash flood hazards on the sustainable urban development of Kuwait state. This approach is rarely used in Kuwait. We propose a novel method that could help decision-makers and planners in determining inundated flood zones before planning future urban developments in Kuwait, and help them to manage flood water, by identifying the most appropriate places for storage to exploit water in agriculture and drinking.

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“…Most of Kuwait's lands are flat, and with its location under the influence of the subtropical high pressure, it is thus one of the hottest regions in the world. The temperature in the summer exceeds 50 degrees Celsius, while in the winter it drops to below 7 degrees, and thus it is characterized by a wide temperature range between summer and winter (Albanai, 2019;Albanai, 2020). Kuwait has an arid climate which is characterized by air-born dust (Thuraya M Saeed & Al-Dashti, 2011).…”

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COVID-19 (2020) Impact on Air Quality of the State of Kuwait

Albanai¹,

Shehab²,

Vatresia³

et al. 2022

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Research have been conducted in many countries around the world to assess air quality during COVID-19 pandemic, especially during lockdown period, some of these studies found an increase or decrease in some pollutants. This paper investigates the impact of COVID-19 on seven air pollutants (i.e., PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3, SO2, H2S, CO) from the period January 2020 to December 2020 in the State of Kuwait. Kuwait is a desert country located in the north-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and the northeast of the Arabian Gulf (Persian as it is sometimes called). Several analytical methods were conducted, such as spatial analysis (spatial interpolation) to study the distribution of the studied variables. The data was also statistically analysed (time series analysis - Kernel density) to study the temporal changes. The analysis also included applying air quality index to the data. We found that concentrations for the pollutants decreased during the pandemic due to the decrease of anthropogenic sources including such as traffic and petroleum activities, but the concentration for PM2.5 increased, mostly because of the transported dust coming with the northwest winds prevailing in Kuwait from the Arabian deserts and Iraq.

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Sea Level Rise Projections for Failaka Island in The State of Kuwait

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

Open-source-based Approach to Delineate the Shoreline from Space: A Case Study in Failaka Island, the State of Kuwait

Open-source-based Approach to Delineate the Shoreline from Space: A Case Study in Failaka Island, the State of Kuwait

Modeling and Managing Flash Flood Hazards in the State of Kuwait.

COVID-19 (2020) Impact on Air Quality of the State of Kuwait

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