Environmental Impact on Chemical/Oil Spill in the Persian Gulf
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Authors
Haeger, Steven D.
Ward, Mathew
Chu, Peter C.
Williams, Charles L.
Clem, Travis
Subjects
Chemical Spill, Oil Spill, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, COAMPS,
NCOM, HPAC, CHEMMAP, OILMAP
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Date of Issue
2008
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2008
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Abstract
An attack on, or chemical spill near, Iraq’s oil terminals could have disastrous
effects on economy. The impact from chemical spill is highly dependent upon
environmental conditions that can either adversely affect continued operations or
hinder the safety of personnel. Operational planners’ ability to create legitimate
scenarios to train and combat these situations is the key to continued safe
operation of the terminals. To accomplish this, planners must understand the impacts of using climatology versus near real-time data in the evaluation of the scenarios. This study demonstrates great impact of using near real-time environmental conditions, provided by a coupled ocean-atmospheric circulation chemical model with data assimilation scheme, for operational planners.
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Conference Proceedings
Description
Seventh International Symposium on Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions
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Department of Oceanography
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Citation
Chu, P.C., and C. L. Williams, S.D. Haeger, M. Ward, 2008: Environmental impact on chemical spill in the northern Persian Gulf. Seventh International Symposium on Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions, 149-159
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.