Development of an oil spill forecast system for offshore China -- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2016,34(4):859-870

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	WANG Yonggang, WEI Zexun, AN Wei. Development of an oil spill forecast system for offshore China[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2016, 34(4): 859-870

Development of an oil spill forecast system for offshore China

WANG Yonggang^1,2, WEI Zexun^1,2, AN Wei³

1 First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Qingdao 266061, China;
2 Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, China;
3 China Offshore Environmental Services Ltd., Tianjin Tanggu 300452, China

Abstract:

An oil spill forecast system for offshore China was developed based on Visual C++. The oil spill forecast system includes an ocean environmental forecast model and an oil spill model. The ocean environmental forecast model was designed to include timesaving methods, and comprised a parametrical wind wave forecast model and a sea surface current forecast model. The oil spill model was based on the “particle method” and fulfills the prediction of oil particle behavior by considering the drifting, evaporation and emulsification processes. A specific database was embedded into the oil spill forecast system, which contained fundamental information, such as the properties of oil, reserve of emergency equipment and distribution of marine petroleum platform. The oil spill forecast system was successfully applied as part of an oil spill emergency exercise, and provides an operational service in the Research and Development Center for Offshore Oil Safety and Environmental Technology.

Key words: oil spill|China offshore|particle method|emergency service

Received: 2015-01-09 Revised: 2015-04-30

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