Several oil spill simulation models exist in the literature, which are used worldwide to
simulate the evolution of an oil slick created from marine traffic, petroleum production, or …

The air–sea interface is a key gateway in the Earth system. It is where the atmosphere sets
the ocean in motion, climate/weather-relevant air–sea processes occur, and pollutants (ie …

The processes of transport, diffusion and transformation of surface oil in seawater can be
simulated using a Lagrangian model formalism coupled with Eulerian circulation models …

A topical collection on “Advances in Search and Rescue at Sea” has appeared in recent
issues of Ocean Dynamics following the latest in a series of workshops on “Technologies for …

In this paper we use MEDSLIK-II, a Lagrangian marine surface oil spill model described in
Part 1 (De Dominicis et al., 2013), to simulate oil slick transport and transformation …

The mid-depth ocean circulation is critically linked to actual changes in the long-term global
climate system. However, in the past few decades, predictions based on ocean circulation …

Validation of oil spill forecasting systems suffers from a lack of data due to the scarcity of oil
slick in situ and satellite observations. Drifters (surface drifting buoys) are often considered …

Geographic information system (GIS) based methodologies are widely used to various
problems. However, its potential for application to strategic maritime search and rescue …

We examine the relative dispersion and the contribution of tides on the relative diffusivities of
surface drifters in the North Sea. The drifters are released in two clusters, yielding 43 pairs …

Six surface drifters (drogued at about 1 m depth) deployed in the inner German Bight (North
Sea) were tracked for between 9 and 54 days. Corresponding simulations were conducted …