Abstract
A software package is described for the prediction of the movement and fate of oil spills in the Arabian Gulf. The package is designed to run on a PC operating under Windows and has user-friendly graphical interfaces for model input and for examination of the output. The package contains several optional programs: a simple trajectory model, as well as models for large-scale spills that encompass a significant area of the water body and for smaller spills that remain localized in an arbitrarily small sub-region. The models are based on a three-dimensional hydrodynamical model of the Arabian Gulf that has been tested and calibrated to a high degree of accuracy. The fate of the oil encompasses the processes of evaporation, emulsification, dispersion by wave action into the water column, beaching on the coasts (and possible re-entry into the water body) and mechanical spreading. Examples are shown to illustrate typical input and output screens and to demonstrate the accuracy of the model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 425-442 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Environmental Modelling and Software |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to acknowledge the support provided by the Research Institute of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Keywords
- Arabian Gulf
- Oil spill model
- Oil spill software
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Environmental Engineering
- Ecological Modeling
