The oil spill modelling in the Sea of Jpan: Application to the tanker 'Nakhodka' 1997 incident

摘要

January 1997 the Russian tanker 'NAKHODKA' spilled in to the Sea of Japan about 5000 tons of heavy fuel oil type C. Most of it reached the coast of Japan and damaged the environment. This incident forced the development of the operational system for the prediction of oil spills in the Sea of Japan. As a part of this system the model for oil spill modelling is presented.