A numerical oil spill model based on a hybrid method

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 726-734

  Guo, W J ^a   Wang, Y X ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eulerian Lagrangian method; Oil spill; Particle tracking technique; Transport model; Weathering

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREAS; COASTAL WATERS; CRITICAL VALUES; DEVELOPED MODELS; ENVIRONMENT INFORMATIONS; EULERIAN; EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN METHOD; FREE SURFACES; HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS; HYBRID METHODS; HYBRID PARTICLES; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; MASS BALANCES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OIL CONCENTRATIONS; OIL PARTICLES; OIL SLICKS; OIL-SPILL MODELS; PARTICLE TRACKING TECHNIQUE; REASONABLE ACCURACIES; SATELLITE IMAGES; SURFACE OIL SLICKS; THIRD GENERATIONS; TRANSPORT MODEL; TURBULENT DIFFUSIONS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER COLUMNS; WAVE MODELS;

COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DISSOLUTION; EMULSIFICATION; EROSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OIL SPILLS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEATHERING;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HYBRID; MASS BALANCE; MODEL VALIDATION; OIL SPILL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACKING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WAVE MODELING; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; EMULSION; EVAPORATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OIL SPILL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 65049086667     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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