SURFACE OIL DISPLACEMENT BY U.S. COAST GUARD 82-FOOT CUTTERS

The U. S. Navy, in cooperation with the U. S. Coast Guard, is conducting design and feasibility studies for a portable oil sorbent spreader and retriever for use aboard military and commercial vessels-of-opportunity during oil spill clean up operations. As part of this program, the U. S. Navy's Civil Engineering Laboratory (CEL), Port Hueneme, California contracted with the Geography Remote Sensing Unit (GRSU), University of California, Santa Barbara to provide field support and data analysis services in conjunction with sea tests to determine the effects of vessels on surface oil slicks. A total of four sea truth data acquisition cruises were conducted through natural oil seeps in the Santa Barbara Channel, California between December 1977 and February 1978. Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boats served as representative vessels of opportunity for the tests. This report describes the data collection program associated with the sea tests and the results of our analysis of field data. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Santa Barbara

  Geography Remote Sensing Unit
  Santa Barbara, CA  United States  93106

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Kraus, S P
  • Tennant, R W
  • Hansen, C
• Publication Date: 1979-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 83 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air water interfaces; Containing equipment; Dynamics; Environmental protection; Government vessels; Ocean waves; Oceans; Oil sorbents; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Patrol boats; Seas; Testing; Weather
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard; United States Coast Guard ships
• Old TRIS Terms: Air water interactions; Containment general; Ocean surface; Oil spill behavior; Oil spill containment; Oil spreading dynamics; Sea testing
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00305713
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USCG-D-34-79 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: N62583-78-M-R132
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1980 12:00AM