Published 1993
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Book
Trajectory modeling during CANUSLANT '92
Creators
- 1. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Nova Scotia (Canada)
- 2. ASA Consulting, Ltd., Nova Scotia (Canada)
Description
Canuslant '92 was an emergency response exercise conducted by the Canadian and US Coast Guards in the eastern Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy during late October 1992. In contrast to standard operational models, a new method for forecasting oil spill trajectories was tested in which ASA Consulting, Ltd.'s user-friendly OILMAP computer program was linked to a open-quotes dynamic chartclose quotes for the region. The dynamic chart keys real-time water level observations to numerical model currents in order to predict the circulation
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- American Petroleum Institute.
- Imprint Place
- Washington, DC (United States)
- Imprint Title
- 1993 International oil spill conference: Prevention, preparedness, response
- Imprint Pagination
- 931 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 802.
Conference
- Title
- 13. biennial international conference on the prevention, behavior, control and cleanup of oil spills.
- Dates
- 29 Mar - 1 Apr 1993.
- Place
- Tampa, FL (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24063865
- Subject category
- S02: PETROLEUM; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BAY OF FUNDY; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FORECASTING; GULF OF MAINE; MAINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL SPILLS; TRAJECTORIES; WATER CURRENTS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAYS; COASTAL WATERS; CURRENTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MASS TRANSFER; NORTH AMERICA; SEAS; SIMULATION; SURFACE WATERS; USA
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-930351--.