Management of Large Oil Spills

Management of Large Oil Spills

57 pages, 22 figures, 3 tables

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Main Authors: García-Olivares, Antonio, García-Ladona, Emilio, Jiménez Madrid, J.A.
Format: capítulo de libro biblioteca
Published: Nova Science Publishers 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/113094
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spelling dig-icm-es-10261-1130942020-12-15T11:51:01Z Management of Large Oil Spills García-Olivares, Antonio García-Ladona, Emilio Jiménez Madrid, J.A. 57 pages, 22 figures, 3 tables Large oil spills produce major ecological and economic impacts on shoreline depending on: (i) persistence of the oil in the environment; (ii) weather and sea conditions; (iii) amount spilled and rate of spillage; (iv) geographical, biological and economic characteristics of the area affected; (v) effectiveness of clean-up. Oil spill dispersion models are necessary tools to forecast the trajectory and persistence of oil slicks following a marine accident. However, their reliability is very sensitive to the quality of the meteorological and hydrological available data and the assimilation strategies. Large oil spills that took place in regions relatively distant from the coast, as were the cases of Prestige accident in November 2002 and Deep Water Horizon explosion in April 2010, showed the need to have both a short term forecast for the days following the accident as well as a long term forecast to prevent future pollution impact. However, there is still no universally accepted methodology for the management of this kind of oil spills. A combined forecast of the short-term deterministic trajectory and the long-term probabilistic dispersion of the slicks may be useful to delimit the most probable consequences of any spill. Medess-4MS is an example of an integrated operational multi-model oil spill system which is under development to meet both requirements. This double methodology is illustrated by the analysis of the oil spill produced by the supertanker Prestige off the coast of Spain in November 2002. This double forecast makes possible to obtain the short-term and long-term probability of oil beaching on different shoreline segments, followed by preliminary estimates of ecological risk, and economic cost based on the analysis of past similar accidents This work has been supported by the MEDESS-4MS project from the MED program of the European Commission Peer Reviewed 2015-03-30T07:30:05Z 2015-03-30T07:30:05Z 2014 2015-03-30T07:30:05Z capítulo de libro http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248 isbn: 978-1-63321-546-7 Marine Pollution: Types, Environmental Significance and Management Strategies: 1-57 (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/113094 none Nova Science Publishers
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Jiménez Madrid, J.A.
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