Decision support system for emergency management of oil spill accidents in the Mediterranean Sea

Liubartseva, Svitlana; Coppini, Giovanni; Pinardi, Nadia; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Lecci, Rita; Turrisi, Giuseppe; Cretì, Sergio; Martinelli, Sara; Agostini, Paola; Marra, Palmalisa; Palermo, Francesco. 2016 Decision support system for emergency management of oil spill accidents in the Mediterranean Sea. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 16 (8). 2009-2020. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2009-2016

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Abstract/Summary

This paper presents an innovative web-based decision support system to facilitate emergency management in the case of oil spill accidents, called WITOIL (Where Is The Oil). The system can be applied to create a forecast of oil spill events, evaluate uncertainty of the predictions, and calculate hazards based on historical meteo-oceanographic datasets. To compute the oil transport and transformation, WITOIL uses the MEDSLIK-II oil spill model forced by operational meteo-oceanographic services. Results of the modeling are visualized through Google Maps. A special application for Android is designed to provide mobile access for competent authorities, technical and scientific institutions, and citizens.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2009-2016
ISSN:	1684-9981
Date made live:	03 Nov 2016 12:03 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515035

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2009-2016

ISSN:

1684-9981

Date made live:

03 Nov 2016 12:03 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515035