The oil spill model OILTRANS and its application to the Celtic Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2489-2501

  Berry, Alan ^a   Dabrowski, Tomasz ^a   Lyons, Kieran ^a  

^a MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Celtic Sea; Kuznetsov; Oil spill model; Oil weathering; Particle transport

Indexed keywords

CELTIC SEA; KUZNETSOV; OIL WEATHERING; OIL-SPILL MODEL; PARTICLE TRANSPORT;

EMULSIFICATION; FORECASTING; OIL SPILLS; SHIPS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EVAPORATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WATER COLUMN; WEATHERING;

ACCURACY; ADVECTION; ARTICLE; CELTIC SEA; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; EMULSION; EVAPORATION; OIL SPILL; OILTRANS MODEL; PREDICTION; SEA; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FORECASTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA;

EID: 84868191310     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.07.036     Document Type: Article

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