Oil spill risk management : modeling Gulf of Mexico circulation and oil dispersal /
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; Scrivener Publishing LLC,
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Publisher Address: | Hoboken, New Jersey : Salem, Massachusetts : |
Publication Dates: | [2014] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |