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California Shelf Physical Oceanography Circulation Model. Volume 1. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6497717
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The California Continental Shelf is believed to contain substantial untapped mineral resources. Intensive exploration for these resources has led to increasing environmental concerns. A clear understanding of the circulation in coastal waters and the ability to predict this circulation are useful to the assessment of the environment impact from the exploration for offshore mineral resources and any subsequent development and production activities. Field observations are an important tool in analyzing and understanding the dynamics of the coastal water masses. However, practical limitations on observations are such that, in most cases, the resulting coverage is limited in time and space. Consequently, a combination of observations and numerical modelling appears to be a better means of understanding and predicting the coastal circulation. In particular, the mission of the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior requires determination of the relative severity of the environmental impact resulting from ongoing and anticipated offshore Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas exploration, production and transport, and in some cases, deep-sea mining activities.
Research Organization:
Dynalysis of Princeton, NJ (USA)
OSTI ID:
6497717
Report Number(s):
PB-90-263732/XAB; DYNALYSIS--88.1; CNN: DI-14-12-0001-29113
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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