Review and Evaluation of Oil Spill Models for Application to North Carolina Waters

摘要

A review of the general status of oil spill modeling is presented. The major processes of importance to oil spill motion are advection, spreading, dispersion and evaporation. The relative importance of each of the processes is depicted on a time-length diagram. This diagram is also employed to indicate those processes that are most important to the various North Carolina waters. Some recommendations regarding prediction of oil slick behavior in North Carolina waters are presented in the report.