Marine Oil Spills 2018

• Main Author: Fingas, Merv (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; n/a; environmental monitoring; Italian seas; simulation; Kotor bay; RANS; oil spill; reflection coefficient; Lagrangian particle dispersion; dispersion effectiveness (DE); M/V Marathassa oil spill; wave tank; environmental resources; emergency management; statistical region-based classification; trajectory model; proactive systems; OSCAR; oil slicks characterization; synthetic aperture radar; multi-frequency detector; Salish Sea; coastal protection; Outer Continental Shelf; man-made oil spills; non-breaking ocean waves; methods of vulnerability mapping to oil; Campeche Bay; oil-slick discrimination algorithm; arithmetic operations with rank values; oil spill pollution; petrogenic oil-slick category; coastal flow; numerical simulation; probability density function; polarimetric SAR data (PolSAR); the English Bay; PROMETHEE methodology; ordinal values; oil spill accidents; Western Canadian Select (condensate mixed with synthetic crude/bitumen-dilsynbit); RADARSAT; hindcast; Princeton Ocean Model; contingency plan; statistical analysis; ocean trajectory; the problems of vulnerability maps development; Heidrun; Foss Barge; marine information systems; polarized SAR data; oil spill mitigation plans; probability of detection; contingency planning; oil spill model; FVCOM; Synthetic Bitumen (synthetic crude/bitumen-Synbit); electromagnetic roughness; windage; Access Western Blend (condensate/bitumen-dilbit); dispersant; naturally-occurring oil seeps; oil spills; Point Wells; model comparison; remote sensing; decision support systems; oil spill response; exploratory data analysis; random walk method; signal integration; impact modeling; low atmosphere; numerical forecasting tool; multiple observations; uncertainty maps; risk modelling; oil spill risk analysis; Gulf of Mexico; trajectory analysis; Vancouver Harbour; sea-coastal zones; marine pollution; GNOME; oil thickness; UAVSAR; LES; BLOSOM
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The mitigation of oil spills is an important facet of environmental protection. Understanding oil spills is a first step toward preventing and minimizing their damage to the environment. This compilation presents several of the current studies related to such an understanding of oil spills and the environment.<false,>This book is a compilation of 14 papers presenting new developments in the field of oil spills, giving insight into the rapidly changing world of oil spill studies and technology. The 14 papers included cover topics varying from risk analysis to oil spill remote sensing. Broadly categorized, included are six papers on modeling, four papers on remote sensing, three papers on risk assessment, and one paper on oil spill countermeasures. Each paper presents a unique insight into a facet of oil spill research and technology. The authors of these papers represent many different countries and affiliations around the world.