A high-resolution real-time forecasting system for predicting the fate of oil spills in the Strait of Bonifacio (western Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1186-1200

  Cucco, A ^a   Sinerchia, M ^a   Ribotti, A ^a   Olita, A ^a   Fazioli, L ^a   Perilli, A ^a   Sorgente, B ^b   Borghini, M ^c   Schroeder, K ^c   Sorgente, R ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Parco Nazionale dell'Arcipelago di La Maddalena   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bonifacio Strait; Finite elements method; Oil spill modeling; Operational Oceanography

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD MODES; BONIFACIO STRAIT; COASTAL AREA; CORSICA; DATA SETS; DRIFTER BUOY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE-ELEMENTS METHOD; FORECASTING SYSTEM; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROCARBON SPILLS; OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PREDICTION MODES; REAL-TIME FORECASTING; SARDINIA; SURFACE TRANSPORT PROCESS; TIME LAG; WATER CIRCULATION; WATER CURRENTS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COASTAL ZONES; DATA PROCESSING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SPILLS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON;

COASTAL ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF BONIFACIO;

EID: 84861977043     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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