{"product_id":"oil-spill-risk-management-modeling-gulf-of-mexico-circulation-and-oil-dispersal-hardback-9781118290385","title":"Oil Spill Risk Management; Modeling Gulf of Mexico Circulation and Oil Dispersal (Hardback) 9781118290385","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOil Spill Risk Management\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eModeling Gulf of Mexico Circulation and Oil Dispersal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid E. Dietrich (Author), Malcolm J. Bowman (Author), Konstantin A. Korotenko (Author), M. Hamish E. Bowman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118290385, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 16.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.535 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is designed to help scientifically astute non-specialists understand basic geophysical and computational fluid dynamics concepts relating to oil spill simulations, and related modeling issues and challenges.  A valuable asset to the engineer or manager working off-shore in the oil and gas industry, the authors, a team of renowned geologists and engineers, offer practical applications to mitigate any offshore spill risks, using research never before published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface xiii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Applied Oil Spill Modeling (with applications to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill) 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The 2010 Deep Water Horizon and 2002 Supertanker Prestige Accidents 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1.1 Introduction 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.2 The Oil Spills Described 5\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.3 How Much Material Remains in the Gulf? 6\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1.4 The Role of Ocean Models to Explain what Happened 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 8\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 Gulf of Mexico Circulation 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e2.1 General Characteristics 9\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.2 Exchanges at Lateral and Surface Boundaries 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.3 Loop Current Eddies 12\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.4 Blocking by the Pycnocline 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.5 Fate of the Deepwater Horizon Well Blowout Material 14\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2.6 Summary 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 16\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Modeling Challenges 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e3.1 Modeling the Circulation and Mixing of the Gulf Waters 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.2 External Boundaries 18\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.3 Addressing the Water Column Contamination and Fluxes 18\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.4 Eff ects of Bottom Dynamics on Accumulated Hydrocarbons 20\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.5 Churning by Extreme Weather Events 20\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3.6 Summary 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 Flow and Oil Transport Model Choices, Setup and Testing 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e4.1 The DieCAST Ocean Circulation Model 23\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.2 Korotenko Oil Transport Module KOTM 24\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.3 Gulf Modeling Approach 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.4 Model Vertical Eddy Viscosity and Diff usivity 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.5 Surface Wind Driving and Open Boundary Conditions 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.6 Comments on Modeling Equatorial Dynamics and the Gulf of Mexico 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4.7 Modeling Multi-Century Gulf Currents 27\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 29\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 Modeling the 2010 DWH Oil Spill 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e5.1 Introduction: the BP\/Deepwater Horizon Accident 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.2 Deepwater Blowouts: Processes Affecting the Transport and Fate of Oil throughout the Water Column 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.3 Oil Spill Model for Gulf of Mexico (GOSM) 57\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.4 Results and Discussion 68\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5.5 Summary 82\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 86\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Special Topics in Oil Spill Modeling 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 DieCAST Model Origin and Development 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e6.1 Introduction 97\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.2 Recent Model Attributes 98\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.3 Challenges in Modeling the Gulf of Mexico Circulation 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.4 Complications of Modeling near-Equatorial Circulation 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.5 Non Hydrostatic Effects 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.6 Sponge Layers in the Global Model 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6.7 Inflow Considerations 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7 Brief History of the Community Ocean Modeling System\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(COMS) 105\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e7.1 COMS history 105\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.2 Background and motivations 106\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.3 COMS elliptic solver history 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.4 Evolution of DieCAST 108\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7.5 Outlook 108\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 110\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8 DieCAST Model Equations 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e8.1 Model Equations 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8.2 Model Layer Depths 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9 Some Basic Physical, Mathematical and Modeling Concepts 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e9.1 Buoyancy, Density and the Hydrostatic Approximation 117\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.2 Pycnocline Slope: Geopotential Surface as a Natural Vertical Coordinate 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.3 Rotation and Coriolis Terms 120\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.4 Pycnocline and the Florida Strait Sill Depth 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9.5 Surface and Bottom Mixed Layers 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 122\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10 Modeling Challenges, Validations and Animations 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e10.1 Incompressibility, Geostrophy, Data Assimilation and Initialization Issues 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.2 Thermocline Maintenance, Ventilation and Extreme Events 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.3 Nesting, Grid Coupling and Open Boundary Conditions 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.4 Validation of Simulated Major Current Patterns in the Gulf 127\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.5 Note on Data Assimilation 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.6 Gulf Circulation Animations 134\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.7 Animation 1 134\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.8 Animation 2 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10.9 Animation 3 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 136\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e11 A Five-Century Gulf Simulation using DieCAST 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e11.1 Motivation 139\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.2 Basic Flow Patterns 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.3 Some Results Observed during the 5th Century 142\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.4 Internal Waves 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.5 Island \/Headland Wake Eff ects in the Yucatan Channel 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11.6 Deeply Suspended and Bottom Deposited Material 144\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e12 Extreme Events and Oil Rig Stability 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e12.1 Introduction 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.2 An Unusual Northern Gulf Eddy Event 148\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.3 Detailed Discussion of Run A 148\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.4 Some Comments 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12.5 Other Extreme Events Found during the 500-year simulation 152\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e13 Initialization and Data Assimilation; MAM Procedure 155\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e13.1 Introduction 155\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.2 Preliminary Comment 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.3 MAM Procedure 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13.4 Refinements, Variations, Generalizations and Specializations of the MAM Approach 158\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e14 On the Simulation of Density Currents by z-level Models 161\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e14.1 Motivation 161\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.2 Introduction 162\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.3 Analysis 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.4 Summary and Conclusion 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14.5 Acknowledgements 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 168\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendix I: Notes on Modeling Hurricanes with DieCAST 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eA1.1 Introduction 171\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A1.2 Model Setup 172\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A1.3 Results and Discussion 174\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A1.4 Final Remarks 178\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A1.5 Summary 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A1.6 Acknowledgements 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendix II: A Model Study of Ventilation of the Mississippi Bight by Baroclinic Eddies: Local Instability and Remote Loop Current Effects 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eA2.1 Abstract 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A2.2 Introduction 182\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A2.3 Model Setup 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A2.4 Results 184\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A2.5 Concluding Remarks 208\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIndex 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