The use of surface drifting floats in the monitoring of oil spills. The prestige case

2005 International Oil Spill Conference, IOSC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 11206-11210

  García Ladona, Emilio ^a   Font, Jordi ^a   Del Rio, Evilio ^a   Julià, Agustí ^a   Salat, Jordi ^a   Chic, Oscar ^a   Orfila, Alejandro ^b   Alvarez, Alberto ^b   Basterretxea, Gotzon ^b   Vizoso, Gonzalo ^b   Piro, Oreste ^b   Tintoré, Joaquin ^b   Castanedo, Sonia ^c   Coto, Miguel Gil ^d   Herrera, José Luis ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MONITORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

OCEANOGRAPHIC POINT; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; SURFACE DRIFTING FLOATS;

OIL SPILLS;

EID: 33646058890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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