Showing papers by "Mark Reed published in 1991"
TL;DR: An innovative oil spill model system for the Prince William Sound region, a model developed for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is described in this article, which includes modules to simulate the surface and subsurface movement of oil, the tactics, operational constraints, and effectiveness of spill response (dispersant, mechanical cleanup, and burning), and the environmental impact of the spill on the biota of the Sound.
Abstract: An innovative oil spill model system for the Prince William Sound region, a model developed for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is described The model system includes modules to simulate the surface and subsurface movement of oil, the tactics, operational constraints, and effectiveness of spill response (dispersant, mechanical cleanup, and burning), and the environmental impact of the spill on the biota of the Sound The model system is impelmented in a personal computer workstation environment with a graphical interface including mouse-driven menus, color overlay mapping, and animations of model predictions A commercial database system is employed to organize and present information on spill response resources, shoreline types, and biological resources Water surface, water column, and shoreline biota are included in the biological database, as are critical habitats for these organisms A mesoscale meteorological model, which explicitly includes orographic effects, is employed to predict wind fields A three dimensional hydrodynamic model estimates the tide, wind and density induced circulation
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