A new technique to estimate initial spill size using a modified fay-type spreading formula

W. J. Lehr; R. J. Fraga; M. S. Belen; H. M. Cekirge

doi:10.1016/0025-326X(84)90488-0

A new technique to estimate initial spill size using a modified fay-type spreading formula

W. J. Lehr^*, R. J. Fraga, M. S. Belen, H. M. Cekirge

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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Estimating oil spill size is important for a variety of economic, environmental and legal reasons. One attempt to determine oil spill size by visually assessing the extent of colour regimes in the spill and multiplying the areas of these regimes by thickness values leads to unsatisfactory results. Previous efforts to estimate oil spill size by inverting spreading using formulae like those of Blokker and Fay have also incurred difficulties related to environmental conditions which influence spill spread rate. Data obtained during a series of field experiments, conducted off the Saudi Arabian coastline during the fall of 1982, were used to devise a modification of Fay's spreading formula. The results agree significantly better with the observed areas of the oil spill than Fay's original formula. The modified area formula is then inverted to obtain a formula for initial volume spilled.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	326-329
Number of pages	4
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	15
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-326X(84)90488-0
State	Published - Sep 1984

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Ttus research effort was supported by the Envlrortmental Affairs Department of the Arabian American Oll Company under the Unwer-s.y of Petroleum and Minerals, Research Insntute agreement No 15805/00

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