Chemical and oil spill rapid response modelling in the Strait of Gibraltar-Alborán Sea

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 207, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 210-222

  Perianez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albor n Sea; Contaminants; Dispersion; Monte Carlo; Numerical modelling; Oil spills; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPURITIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TIDES; TURBULENCE;

GIBRALTAR-ALBORA; PARTICLE-TRACKING METHODS; REDUCED GRAVITY MODEL;

OIL SPILLS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL CIRCULATION; DISPERSION; EVAPORATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL RESPONSE;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 34548423711     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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