Evaluation of an oil spill trajectory model using satellite-tracked, oil-spill-simulating drifters

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1303-1311

  Price, James M ^a   Ji, Zhen Gang ^a   Reed, Mark ^b   Marshall, Charles F ^a   Howard, Matthew K ^c   Guinasso Jr , Norman L ^c   Johnson, Walter R ^a   Rainey, Gail B ^a  

^a MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE   (United States)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFTER; LINEAR REGRESSION; OIL SPILL TRAJECTORY MODEL; OIL-SPILL RISK ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; OCEAN CURRENTS; OIL SPILLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

EID: 1542609610     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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