A probabilistic description of the wind over Liverpool Bay with application to oil spill simulations

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 569-581

  Elliott, A J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contingency; Irish Sea; Liverpool Bay; oil spill; probability; synoptic winds; transition

Indexed keywords

OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PROBABILITY; SURFACE WIND; WIND DIRECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRISH SEA; LIVERPOOL BAY; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8844247904     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.06.022     Document Type: Article

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