Weathering of Oils at Sea: Model/Field Data Comparisons |
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| Institution: | 1. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States of America;2. University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, MD 21613, United States of America;3. New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102;4. ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc., Spring, TX 77339, United States of America;5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America |
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| Abstract: | The SINTEF Oil Weathering Model (OWM) has been extensively tested with results from full-scale field trials with experimental oil slicks in the Norwegian NOFO Sea trials in 1994 and 1995 and the AEA 1997 trials in UK. The comparisons between oil weathering values predicted by the model and ground-truth obtained from the field trials are presented and discussed. Good laboratory weathering data of the specific oil as input to the model is essential for obtaining reliable weathering predictions. Predictions provided by the SINTEF-OWM enable oil spill personnel to estimate the most appropriate “window of opportunity” for use of chemical dispersants under various spill situations. Pre-spill scenario analysis with the SINTEF Oil Spill Contingency and Response (OSCAR) model system, in which the SINTEF-OWM is one of several components, has become an important part of contingency plans as well as contingency training of oil spill personnel at refineries, oil terminals and offshore installations in Norway. |
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