Published 1993 | Version v1
Book

Trajectory modeling during CANUSLANT '92

  • 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

Part of:
1993 International oil spill conference: Prevention, preparedness, response

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--.