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Title: On the possible long-term fate of oil released in the deepwater horizon incident: estimated by ensembles of dye release simulations

Abstract

We have conducted an ensemble of 20 simulations using a high-resolution global ocean model in which dye was continuously injected at the site of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig for two months. We then extended these simulations for another four months to track the dispersal of the dye in the model. We have also performed five simulations in which dye was continuously injected at the site of the spill for four months and then run out to one year from the initial spill date. The experiments can elucidate the time and space scales of dispersal of polluted waters and also give a quantitative estimate of dilution rate, ignoring any sink terms such as chemical or biological degradation.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
989015
Report Number(s):
LA-14424
TRN: US201101%%51
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; OIL SPILLS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; DILUTION; DRILLING RIGS; DYES

Citation Formats

Maltrud, Mathew E., Peacock, Synte L., and Visbeck, Martin. On the possible long-term fate of oil released in the deepwater horizon incident: estimated by ensembles of dye release simulations. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.2172/989015.
Maltrud, Mathew E., Peacock, Synte L., & Visbeck, Martin. On the possible long-term fate of oil released in the deepwater horizon incident: estimated by ensembles of dye release simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/989015
Maltrud, Mathew E., Peacock, Synte L., and Visbeck, Martin. 2010. "On the possible long-term fate of oil released in the deepwater horizon incident: estimated by ensembles of dye release simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/989015. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/989015.
@article{osti_989015,
title = {On the possible long-term fate of oil released in the deepwater horizon incident: estimated by ensembles of dye release simulations},
author = {Maltrud, Mathew E. and Peacock, Synte L. and Visbeck, Martin},
abstractNote = {We have conducted an ensemble of 20 simulations using a high-resolution global ocean model in which dye was continuously injected at the site of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig for two months. We then extended these simulations for another four months to track the dispersal of the dye in the model. We have also performed five simulations in which dye was continuously injected at the site of the spill for four months and then run out to one year from the initial spill date. The experiments can elucidate the time and space scales of dispersal of polluted waters and also give a quantitative estimate of dilution rate, ignoring any sink terms such as chemical or biological degradation.},
doi = {10.2172/989015},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/989015}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}