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Abstract: 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.
Fuente: Marine Pollution Bulletin Volume 114, Issue 1, 15 January 2017, Pages 302-314
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Publication date: 01/01/2017
No. of pages: 13
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.042
ISSN: 0025-326X,1879-3363
Spanish project: TRA2014-59570-R
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.09.042
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ANA JULIA ABASCAL SANTILLANA
MARIA SONIA CASTANEDO BARCENA
PAULA NUÑEZ PEREZ
MELLOR, ADAM
CLEMENTS, ANNIKA
BEATRIZ PEREZ DIAZ
MARIA DEL MAR CARDENAS MILAN
HELIOS CHIRI
RAUL MEDINA SANTAMARIA
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