Climate Change Impacts on Maritime Resources in Lebanon Using Satellites Imagery, Chekka Case Study

Sirine Saad El-Dine Ghiye

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Climate Change Impacts on Maritime Resources in Lebanon Using Satellites Imagery, Chekka Case Study

Sirine Saad El-Dine Ghiye^*

Published in Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science (Volume 13, Issue 3)

Received: 16 March 2024 Accepted: 14 May 2024 Published: 27 June 2024

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This paper aims to explore the impact of climate change on underwater and coastal sites over the past few decades, with a specific focus on the Chekka area in North Lebanon. Given its rich maritime archaeology potential, this region has become a focal point, especially with the ongoing developments posing a threat to cultural resources. Detecting climate changes necessitates extensive measurements from various sources globally, including land stations, ships, and satellite imagery. In this study, we concentrate on changes in sea surface temperature (SST) over the last 20 to 40 years. The analysis heavily relies on satellite imagery, with a primary focus on Landsat 8, equipped with two bands of the thermal infrared sensor (TIRS), and Landsat 7, which carries the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor, and also Landsat 5 TM. Utilizing QGIS for the calculation of SST, our findings reveal a noteworthy increase of 1° in sea surface temperature over the past two decades. This observation underscores the significance of ongoing climate change and its potential repercussions for the underwater and coastal cultural heritage in the Chekka area and its suburbs.

Published in	Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science (Volume 13, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.wros.20241303.11
Page(s)	63-72
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Climate Change, Sea Surface Temperature, Satellites Imagery, UCH, Sea Surface Salinity

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Ghiye, S. S. E. (2024). Climate Change Impacts on Maritime Resources in Lebanon Using Satellites Imagery, Chekka Case Study. Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science, 13(3), 63-72. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.wros.20241303.11

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Sirine Saad El-Dine Ghiye

School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University- Belfast, North Ireland; Faculty of Art, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon

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