ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF THE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION: OIL POLLUTION

The report discusses preliminary results of new method for statistically analyzing environmental pollution data. The Weibull distribution function is used as a correlating model and several examples dealing with oil pollution are given to illustrate its applicability.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also available in "Science," V176, pp 1019-1021, 2 June 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Santa Barbara

  Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
  Santa Barbara, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Mikolaj, P G
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Oil spills; Pollution; Simulation; Water pollution
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043208
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NOAA-72091658
• Contract Numbers: NOAA-2-35208, NSF-GH-43
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 6 1973 12:00AM