Dear Colleagues,

The anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment have been growing constantly in the last century. This is clearly shown by the increase in dissolved (chemicals) and particulate (micro and macropalstics) pollutant content in marine waters, not only at coastal scales but also in the open ocean. The progressively expanding knowledge base on those issues needs to be aided with observations and tools aimed at studying and forecasting the dynamics of pollutant dispersion.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to provide a cutting-edge view of current scientific research on the observation and tracking of pollutants in the marine environment. The collected articles will focus on the following:

• Direct observation of pollutants with automated in situ techniques and remote sensing (both satellite- and land-based);
• Tracking of pollutant dispersion in marine environments with the aid of direct observations (drifter, floats, and other Lagrangian instrumentation);
• Tracking of pollutants and particles with numerical modeling tools.

Review articles on observations and models will also be considered for this Special Issue.

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• microplastic
• numerical modeling
• particle tracking
• satellite observations
• coastal impacts