Uncertainty in predictions of oil spill trajectories in a coastal zone

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 257-269

  Sebastiao P ^a   Guedes Soares, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Oil spill; Trajectory model; Uncertainty modelling

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TRAJECTORIES;

COAST OF PORTUGAL; OIL SPILL MODELS; TRAJECTORY MODEL; UNCERTAINTY MODELING;

OIL SPILLS;

COASTAL ZONE; GRAPHICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; PREDICTION; TIDAL CURRENT; TRAJECTORY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751185904     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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