Numerical modelling of oil spill in New York Bay


TÖZ A. C., KÖSEOĞLU B., ŞAKAR C.

ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, cilt.42, sa.4, ss.22-31, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/aep-2016-0037
  • Dergi Adı: ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.22-31
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: New York Bay, ADIOS, GNOME, numerical modelling, oil spill
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

New York Bay is one of the most important transition regions of ships trading to east America. The region plays an important role in the commerce of the New York metropolitan area. The area is surrounded with the coasts that have various levels of environmental sensitivity. The area accommodates high diversity of native ecosystems and species that are rather vulnerable in case of oil spill. Thus getting well informed about the likelihood, or fate, of oil spills around this region is of great importance so that proactive measures can be taken. The purpose of this study is to investigate the oil spill and predict the future accidents likely to be encountered around the Bay of New York. Two trajectory models have been conducted for the study. ADIOS (Automated Data Inquiry for Oil Spills), has been conducted for natural degradation calculations, and, GNOME (General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment), has been conducted for surface spread simulation. The results gained through these efforts are hoped to be useful for many organizations dealing with oil spill response operations and contribute to an effective and efficient coordination among the relevant institutions.