Short Course on Computer Assisted Oil Spill Environmental Assessments in Land and Water

Topics

• Change of physical properties such as viscosity and density
• Evaporation, emulsification, dispersion and sinking
• Advantages and limitations of modelling
• Influence of the wind, currents and waves in the spreading processes
• Dispersants
• Methods of control of spills
• Creating oil spill trajectory animations
• Application of simulation models for the design of contingency plans
• Use GIS tools to create oil spill location maps