Tracking buoys for oil spills

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dc.contributor.authorGoodman, RHen_US
dc.contributor.authorSimecek-Beatty, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorHodgins, Den_US
dc.contributor.other2005 International Oil Spill Conference, IOSC 2005en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:45:51Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:45:51Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
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dc.descriptionpgs. 8523-8534en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe use of tracking buoys in oil spill response, planning, and training and criteria for the selection of these buoys were studied in conjunction with an experiment conducted in the Gulf of Mexico during March 1994 on the relative motions of several oil spill drifter buoys. For the test, wood chips and cottonseed hulls were used to simulate the motion of the oil. Six different types of buoys and three different positioning and tracking systems, in various combinations, were tested. The first day of the program was conducted in Galveston Bay, the second in the Gulf of Mexico off Galvesion. Significant differences were noted in the movements of the various buoys. Analysis of the data from these experiments suggests that tracking of the buoys should occur for a longer time period than in the experiments in order to reduce the influence of positioning errors.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.history1-15-09 kswen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18488
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dc.locationNot available in house - Please contact GBIC for assistanceen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries10013.00en_US
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dc.subjectbuoysen_US
dc.subjectoil spillsen_US
dc.subjectoil spill drifting buoysen_US
dc.subjecttracking buoysen_US
dc.titleTracking buoys for oil spillsen_US
dc.typeCONFen_US
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