Improvement of pollutant drift forecast system applied to the Prestige oil spills in Galicia Coast (NW of Spain): Development of an operational system

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 5-7, 2006, Pages 350-360

  Carracedo, P ^a   Torres Lopez S ^a   Barreiro, M ^a   Montero, P ^a   Balseiro, C F ^a   Penabad, E ^a   Leitao, P C ^b   Perez Munuzuri V ^a  

^a CMA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drift forecast; Galicia Coast; Oil spill; Prestige accident; Trajectory studies

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SPILLS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

DRIFT FORECAST; GALICIA COAST; PRESTIGE ACCIDENTS; TRAJECTORY STUDIES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

OIL;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COASTAL WATERS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; OCEAN CURRENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SHIP; SIMULATION; SPAIN; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; FUEL OILS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEAWATER; SHIPS; SPAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WIND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33744900071     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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