Terrestrial nanoparticle contaminants and geospatial optics using the Sentinel-3B OLCI satellite in the Tinto River estuary region of the Iberian Peninsula

Alcindo Neckel; Marcos L S Oliveira; Laércio Stolfo Maculan; Bashir Adelodun; Paloma Carollo Toscan; Brian William Bodah; Leila Dal Moro; Luis F O Silva

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114525

Terrestrial nanoparticle contaminants and geospatial optics using the Sentinel-3B OLCI satellite in the Tinto River estuary region of the Iberian Peninsula

Mar Pollut Bull. 2023 Feb:187:114525. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114525. Epub 2022 Dec 27.

Authors

Alcindo Neckel¹, Marcos L S Oliveira², Laércio Stolfo Maculan³, Bashir Adelodun⁴, Paloma Carollo Toscan³, Brian William Bodah⁵, Leila Dal Moro³, Luis F O Silva⁶

Affiliations

¹ Atitus Educação, 304, Passo Fundo, RS 99070-220, Brazil. Electronic address: alcindo.neckel@atitus.edu.br.
² Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de la Costa, CUC, Calle 58 #55-66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia; Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina-UFSC, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Brazil.
³ Atitus Educação, 304, Passo Fundo, RS 99070-220, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Ilorin, PMB 1515, Ilorin 240103, Nigeria; Department of Agricultural Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea.
⁵ Atitus Educação, 304, Passo Fundo, RS 99070-220, Brazil; Yakima Valley College, Workforce Education & Applied Baccalaureate Programs, South 16th Avenue & Nob Hill Boulevard, Yakima, WA 98902, USA; Thaines and Bodah Center for Education and Development, 840 South Meadowlark Lane, Othello, WA 99344, USA.
⁶ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de la Costa, CUC, Calle 58 #55-66, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia. Electronic address: lsilva8@cuc.edu.co.

PMID: 36580843
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114525

Abstract

The Tinto River is known globally for having a reddish color due to the high concentration of dissolved metals in its waters. The general objective of this study is to analyze the dispersion of nanoparticles (NPs) and ultra-fine particles in terrestrial and geospatial suspended sediments (SSs) using Sentinel-3B OLCI (Ocean Land Color Instrument) satellite images; by examining water turbidity levels (TSM_NN), suspended pollution potential (ADG_443_NN) and presence of chlorophyll-a (CHL_NN). The images were collected in the estuary of the Tinto River, in the city of Nerva, Spanish province of Huelva, between 2019 and 2021. The following hazardous elements were identified in nanoparticles and ultra-fine particles by FE-SEM/EDS: As, Cd, Ni, V, Se, Mo, Pb, Sb and Sn. Sentinel-3B OLCI satellite images detected a 2019 TSM_NN of 23.47 g^-3, and a 2021 reading of 16.38 g^-3.

Keywords: Global scale; Metallic and organic pollution; Nanoparticles; Satellite study; Ultrafine particles.

MeSH terms

Chlorophyll A
Environmental Monitoring / methods
Estuaries
Geologic Sediments
Metals / analysis
Rivers*
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / analysis

Substances

Metals
Chlorophyll A
Water Pollutants, Chemical