Oil spill modeling towards the close of the 20th century: Overview of the state of the art

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-16

  Reed, Mark ^a   Johansen, Øistein ^a   Brandvik, Per Johan ^a   Daling, Per ^a   Lewis, Alun ^b   Fiocco, Robert ^b   MacKay, Don ^c   Prentki, Richard ^d  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b Alun Lewis Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c R J Fiocco Associates   (United States)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Numerical models; Oil spill models; Oil weathering; Review; Simulation

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OIL SPILL;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MODELING; OIL SPILL;

EID: 0032802122     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(98)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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