Movement of Spilled Oil over the Beaufort Sea Shelf - A Forecast.

Abstract

Projections of the movement of oil slicks and their impact location along the north Alaskan coast are determined from fifteen potential oil drilling sites. Two approaches are implemented to determine impact locations. The first is a description of the environment with emphasis on the meteorology and water movement in the area. The second considers the interactions of the environmental processes in forecasting the potential paths of spilled oil and their impact location on the shoreline. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA033580

Entities

People

  • G. L. Hufford
  • I. M. Lissauer
  • J. P. Welsh

Organizations

  • [Means, goals and clinical aims of physioradiological methods of examination.]

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Barter Island
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Bering Sea
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chukchi Sea
  • Coast Guard
  • Continental Shelves
  • Equations
  • Measurement
  • North America
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Risk Analysis
  • Sea Water
  • Terrain

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Oceanography.