Calibration of a Lagrangian transport model using drifting buoys deployed during the Prestige oil spill

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-90

  Abascal, Ana J ^a   Castanedo, Sonia ^a   Mendez, Fernando J ^a   Medina, Raul ^a   Losada, Inigo J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic calibration; Buoy trajectories; Lagrangian transport model; Prestige accident; Wave drag coefficient; Wind drag coefficient

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AUTOMATION; BUOY SYSTEM; CALIBRATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DRAG COEFFICIENT; MODEL VALIDATION; OIL SPILL RESPONSE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 59049090135     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/07-0849.1     Document Type: Article

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