Using Remote Sensing Technology for Environmental Pollution Detection in Iraq

In this article, the Environmental pollution in Iraq was studied by using the remote sensing techniques for the period (2010-2014). In general, the environmental pollution can be divided into three major parts: Air, Water, and soil pollutions. To overcome the problem, multi-satellite images with different resolution and bands at different dates were used to detect and quantize the source of pollutions. Also, many adaptive digital image processing algorithms were used to evaluate the results. The digital processing was implemented using well-known package and written subroutine in Visual Basic and Mat lab program. The results show that major Air pollution caused by dust and sand storms, sulphate dioxide, and some oil refinery gases. In addition, major water pollution caused from the urban the sewerage water pumped by the sewerage and water treatment stations and the low river levels that increased in the last few years. Finally, the agricultural degradation and desertification led to the soil pollution.