Hussein Harahsheh

• PhD
• Assistant Professor at Al al-Bayt University

Abu Dhabi Government endorsed vision for its Maritime Strategy ‘A safe, secure and sustainable maritime domain for Abu Dhabi'. This research study share this vision using the concept of monitoring as tool for marine protection against any possible oil pollution. The best technology to detect and monitor oil pollution and in particularly oil spill i...

Abu Dhabi Government endorsed vision for its Maritime Strategy ‘A safe, secure and sustainable maritime domain for Abu Dhabi'. This research study share this vision using the concept of monitoring as tool for marine protection against any possible oil pollution. The best technology to detect and monitor oil pollution and in particularly oil spill i...

The soils of Dubai were mapped using remote-sensing satellite data (IRS-P6 LISS-IV) at 1:25,000 scale and classified to soil series level and their associations as per the USDA-NRCS Keys to Soil Taxonomy. A total of 26 soil series have been identified in Dubai Emirate, of which 13 were identified in Hatta area. The soils in general are coarse textu...

Soil salinity is a major global issue due to its adverse impact on the environment, agro-ecosystems, agricultural productivity and sustainability. Saline soils are significant as formations of ecosystem on the earth affected by high concentrations of soluble salts, and as means of crop production with little economic value. Threats being the water...

The capability of satellite remote sensing to provide synoptic, repetitive and multispectral data has proved to be very useful in inventory and monitoring of coastal features, such as tidal wet-lands, potential aquaculture sites, mangroves, estuary-dynamics/shoreline-changes, and off-shore aspects like suspended sediment dynamics and coastal curren...

Oil spill pollution is a serious threat to marine environments along the UAE coast line. Considerable oil spills have been caused by accidental and deliberate oil sludge dumping from passing ships during the past. Damage to fishery, seawater desalination, and damage to plants and natural habitats are of real concern. The purpose of this study is to...

Remote Sensing provides a diversity of data from the superficial environmental, which can be manipulated and analyzed by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to extract information relevant to the understanding of environmental hazards. This applies especially to the study of desert conditions, desertification monitoring, assessment and mapping. Th...

Middle East region can be divided into two simple zones, the northern mountain belt, comprising the states of Turkey, Iran and northern part of Iraq. The second zone formed by plains and dissected plateaus. Middle East region is a region with the highest rate of population growth in the world, from 102 millions on 1960 to 318 millions on 2000, with...

Many satellite-borne image data have been acquired in the Arabian Gulf since the mid 80's by different space agencies and have demonstrated oil spill related features at sea. Severe oil spills were caused occasionally by accidental or deliberate oil sludge dumping from passing ships. Serious damage to fishery, water desalination plants and natural...

This study demonstrated how interpretation of RADARSAT images improved our understanding of earth's surface and performed the analysis signal/terrain interaction, which results in terms of textures and other's characters of RADARSAT imagery. Focusing was placed on visual interpretation of RADARSAT images in order to make a good distinguishes betwee...