VERIFICATION BY REMOTE SENSING OF AN OIL SLICK MOVEMENT PREDICTION MODEL

The author has identified the following significant results. LANDSAT, aircraft, ships, and air-dropped current-drogues were deployed to determine current circulation and to track oil slick movement on four different dates in Delaware Bay. The results were used to verify a predictive model for oil slicks given their size, location, tidal stage (current), weather (wind), and nature of crude. Both LANDSAT satellites provided valuable data on gross circulation patterns and convergent coastal fronts which by capturing oil slicks significantly influence their movements and dispersion.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Delaware, Newark

  College of Marine Studies
  Newark, DE  United States  19716
• Authors:
  • Klemas, V
  • Davis, G
  • Wang, H
• Publication Date: 1976-1-14

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Monitoring; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Remote sensing
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill behavior; Oil spill monitoring
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136291
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA-CR-146336
• Contract Numbers: NAS5-20983
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 1976 12:00AM