REPORT DATE: 08-09-2019
REPORT TIME: 0030 UTC
REGION: ATLANTIC
SUB REGION: MID ATLANTIC U.S.
AREA/BLOCK: North Atlantic  7004
IMAGE DATE: 08-08-2019
IMAGE TIME: 1536 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2A 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 40°06'02" N/69°55'03" W
AREA: 0.14 square kilometers (Updated 05/26/2020)
CONFIDENCE: High
REMARKS: Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. The narrow anomaly was 1.6nm long, and had a silver and rainbow shimmer in the sunglint. The wind at the time was 5-10 kt from the east,  and the anomaly was located 0.2nm downwind from sunken ship Wreck 1487, a known repeat leak source.
UNCERTAINTIES: The anomaly was drawn as continuous even though there was a small cloud obscuring the view in the middle.

ANALYST: ZHU
Maps and shapefiles can be accessed at: www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/marinepollution/

ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/atlantic/erma.html#/layers=1+47027&x=-69.928297&y=40.1081185&z=11&panel=layer

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