METOCEAN INPUT DATA FOR DRIFTING OIL SLICKS OR FLOATING STRUCTURES MODELS APPLICATION : KIDOUR OPERATION

Within a French joint industry project, operational tools based on innovature remote sensing of satellite data, were developed in order to provide reliable metocean analysis (wind, waves and currents) used for tracking objects and oil slicks. In the first part of the paper, satellite metocean measurements are presented, considering the measurement principle and the associated operational parameters. In the second part, an operational procedure is described, which combines these satellite data with metocean models to determine reliable parameters such as wind, sea-state and current. This procedure is illustrated in the third part with a case study of a buoy displacement during a real time operation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • OMAE 1995, 14th Intl Conf on Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engng; 18-22 June 1995; Copenhagen, Denmark. Sponsored by ASME et al. Procs. Publ by ASME, ISBN 0-7918-1306-1. Vol I, Pt A, p 101 [11 p, 27 ref, 19 fig]
• Authors:
  • Michon, P
  • Bossart, C
  • Cabioc'h, F
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Uncontrolled Terms: Drifting; Satellite meteorology
• Old TRIS Terms: Satellite oceanology
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00717689
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 4 1996 12:00AM