STORM RELATED OIL SPILL MOVEMENT ON THE BEAUFORT SEA SHELF

A storm model is developed and applied to the North Alaskan coast. The model is used to generate wind fields from various storms which have occurred during the past 20 years. The wind fields generated are used to study the wind drift trajectories of oil spills from five different sites along the North Alaskan coast. The probability of an oil slick impacting the shoreline from the five different sites is discussed for different storms. Environmental risk analysis is discussed for drilling sites at different distances from the shoreline.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Oil Spill Conference (Prevention, Behavior, Control, Clean-up), New Orleans, March 8-10, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Petroleum Institute

  1220 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005-4070
• Authors:
  • Hufford, G L
  • Lissauer, I M
  • Thompson, B D
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Oil Spill Conference (Prevention, Behavior, Control, Clean-up), New Orleans, March 8-10, 1977.
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 455-60

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Impacts; Oil spills; Probability; Simulation; Spills (Pollution); Storm surges; Velocity; Wind
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill behavior; Oil spill impact; Oil spill simulation; Spill probability; Wind velocity
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172113
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM