Simulation of trajectories of tar ball transport to the goa coast

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Suneel, V ^a   Vethamony, P ^a   Kumar, K Vinod ^a   Babu, M T ^a   Prasad, K V S R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Goa coast; Hydrodynamics; International oil tanker route; Particle tracking; Tar ball trajectories; Tar ball transport

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; OIL SPILLS; OIL TANKERS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; TAR; TRAJECTORIES;

GLOBAL SCENARIOS; INTERNATIONAL OIL TANKER ROUTE; PARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE TRACKING MODELS; SIMULATION OF TRAJECTORY; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; SURFACE WINDS; TAR BALLS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

OIL; TAR BALL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE POLLUTION; MONSOON; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDIA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OIL SPILL; PROCESS MODEL; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEASHORE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARABIAN SEA; GOA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84875669772     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1538-9     Document Type: Article

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