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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4789-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4789-2021
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02 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 02 Sep 2021

Applicability of Landsat 8 thermal infrared sensor for identifying submarine groundwater discharge springs in the Mediterranean Sea basin

Sònia Jou-Claus, Albert Folch, and Jordi Garcia-Orellana

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Satellite thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing is a useful method for identifying coastal springs in karst aquifers both locally and regionally. The limiting factors include technical limitations, geological and hydrogeological characteristics, environmental and marine conditions, and coastal geomorphology. Also, it can serve as a tool to use for a first screening of the coastal water surface temperature to identify possible thermal anomalies that will help narrow the sampling survey.