Modeling oil spills transportation in seas based on unstructured grid, finite-volume, wave-ocean model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-344

  Wang, Jinhua ^a   Shen, Yongming ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite volume model; Oil particles; Oil spill modeling; Unstructured grid; Wave ocean model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COASTAL OCEAN; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; COUPLING MODELS; DEVELOPED MODEL; FINITE DIFFERENCE MODEL; FINITE VOLUME MODEL; FINITE-VOLUME; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; GRID RESOLUTION; INTEGRATED MODELS; MAIN MODULE; MONTE CARLO; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OCEAN MODEL; OIL DISPERSIONS; OIL PARTICLES; OIL SPILL TRAJECTORY; OIL VISCOSITY; PARTICLE-TRACKING METHOD; RANDOM WALK; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES; SURFACE SPREADING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIDAL CREEKS; TRIANGLE GRID; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; VERTICAL DIFFUSION; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; EMULSIFICATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; LANDFORMS; MARINE POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM REFINING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RANDOM WALK METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACKING;

EID: 77958499595     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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