A high-resolution operational forecast system for oil spill response in Belfast Lough
| Autor: | Paula Núñez, Helios Chiri, Ana J. Abascal, Raúl Medina, Beatriz Pérez, Mar Cárdenas, Adam Mellor, Annika Clements, Sonia Castanedo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Meteorological Concepts 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Meteorology Temperature salinity diagrams Operational oceanography Disaster Planning Forcing (mathematics) 010501 environmental sciences Aquatic Science Oceanography 01 natural sciences Water Movements Petroleum Pollution Seawater Atlantic Ocean 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Models Theoretical Pollution Climatology Calibration Oil spill Trajectory Environmental science Ireland Water Pollutants Chemical Forecasting |
| Zdroj: | Marine Pollution Bulletin. 114:302-314 |
| ISSN: | 0025-326X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.042 |
| Popis: | This paper presents a high-resolution operational forecast system for providing support to oil spill response in Belfast Lough. The system comprises an operational oceanographic module coupled to an oil spill forecast module that is integrated in a user-friendly web application. The oceanographic module is based on Delft3D model which uses daily boundary conditions and meteorological forcing obtained from COPERNICUS and from the UK Meteorological Office. Downscaled currents and meteorological forecasts are used to provide short-term oil spill fate and trajectory predictions at local scales. Both components of the system are calibrated and validated with observational data, including ADCP data, sea level, temperature and salinity measurements and drifting buoys released in the study area. The transport model is calibrated using a novel methodology to obtain the model coefficients that optimize the numerical simulations. The results obtained show the good performance of the system and its capability for oil spill forecast. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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