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Oil spill risk management : modeling Gulf of Mexico circulation and oil dispersal /

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Group Author: Dietrich, D. (David), 1945- (Editor); Bowman, Malcolm J. (Editor); Korotenko, Konstantin A. (Editor); Bowman, M. Hamish E. (Editor)
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; Scrivener Publishing LLC,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, New Jersey : Salem, Massachusetts :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Oil pollution of the sea > Mexico, Gulf of > Simulation methods.
Diffusion in hydrology > Simulation methods.
Ocean circulation > Simulation methods.
Carrier Form: xv, 216 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118290385 (cloth : alkaline paper) :
1118290380 (cloth : alkaline paper)
Index Number: GC1221
CLC: X55
Call Number: X55/O395-5
Contents: The 2010 Deep Water Horizon and 2002 Supertanker Prestige accidents -- Gulf of Mexico circulation -- Geophysical fluid dynamics and modeling challenges -- Flow and oil transport model choices, setup and testing -- Modeling the 2010 DWH oil spill -- DieCAST model origin and development -- Brief history of the community ocean modeling system (COMS) -- DieCAST model equations -- Some basic physical, mathematical and modeling concepts -- Modeling challenges, validations and animations -- A five-century gulf simulation using DieCAST -- Extreme events and oil rig stability -- Initialization and data assimilation : MAM procedure -- On the simulation of density currents by z-level models -- Appendix I: Notes on modeling hurricanes with DieCAST -- Appendix II: A model study of ventilation of the Mississippi Bight by baroclinic eddies : local instability and remote loop current effects.

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