Modeling fates and impacts of hypothetical oil spills in Delaware, Florida, Texas, California and Alaska waters, varying response options including use of dispersants

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dc.contributor.authorMcCay, DFen_US
dc.contributor.authorWhittier, Nen_US
dc.contributor.authorDalton, Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorSankaranarayanan, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorAurand, Den_US
dc.contributor.other2005 International Oil Spill Conference, IOSC 2005en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:45:58Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:45:58Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
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dc.descriptionpgs. 11300-11305en_US
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dc.description.abstractOil spill response may include use of chemical dispersants and in situ burning equipment, in addition to traditional mechanical response equipment. To evaluate the potential impacts of various response strategies, oil spill and atmospheric plume modeling were performed to evaluate areas of the atmosphere at sea level, water areas, shoreline lengths, sediment areas, and water volumes impacted above thresholds of concern to biological species and habitats, human health and socioeconomic resources. For the oil spill modeling, a stochastic approach was used to allow the range and frequency of possible environmental conditions to be examined for each spill site, spill volume and response option evaluated. Long term (decade or more) wind and current records were sampled at random and model runs were performed for each of the spill dates-times selected. This provides a statistical description of the environmental fate and impacts that would result if a spill occurred. Stochastic modeling was performed in five representative locations in the US: (1) offshore of Delaware Bay, (2) offshore of Galveston Bay, (3) offshore of San Francisco Bay, (4) Prince William Sound, and (5) offshore of the Florida Keys. These data were used to evaluate potential impacts of changes in response strategies, i.e., combining use of dispersants and in situ burning with traditional mechanical recovery. The results of the oil spill modeling for the Florida Straits location are summarized herein.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeDelaware Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeSan Francisco Bayen_US
dc.geo-codePrince William Sounden_US
dc.geo-codeFlorida Keysen_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.geo-codeCaliforniaen_US
dc.geo-codeDelawareen_US
dc.geo-codeAlaskaen_US
dc.geo-codeFloridaen_US
dc.history1-15-09 kswen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18503
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dc.locationNot available in house - Please contact GBIC for assistanceen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries10028.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
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dc.subjectdispersantsen_US
dc.subjectmodelingen_US
dc.subjectoil spillen_US
dc.subjectresponseen_US
dc.subjectspill impacten_US
dc.titleModeling fates and impacts of hypothetical oil spills in Delaware, Florida, Texas, California and Alaska waters, varying response options including use of dispersantsen_US
dc.typeCONFen_US
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