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Oil Spill Response: A Global Perspective

International experts in the field of oil spill response, including reprsentatives from 26 NATO countries, participated in a workshop in Canada to discuss their experience in the development and application of current and emerging technologies for oil spill response in the marine environment. These...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Davidson, Walter F. (Editor ), Lee, Kenneth (Editor ), Cogswell, Andrew (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Arctic Research Issues
  • Oil Spill Response and the Challenges of Arctic Marine Shipping: An Assessment by the Arctic Council
  • Oil Spills in the Arctic: A Review of Three Decades of Research at Environment Canada
  • Oil Under Ice Detection: What is the State-of-the-Art?
  • Practical and Effective Technologies for Oil Spill Recovery Operations in Arctic Conditions
  • In-Situ Burning for Oil Spills in Arctic Waters: State-of-the-Art and Future Research Needs
  • Recent Mid-Scale Research on Using Oil Herding Surfactants to Thicken Oil Slicks in Pack Ice for In-Situ Burning
  • Weathering of Oil Spills Under Arctic Conditions: Field Experiments with Different Ice Conditions Followed by In-Situ Burning
  • Dispersant Effectiveness Experiments Conducted on Alaskan Crude Oils in Very Cold Water at the Ohmsett Facility
  • Enhanced Chemical Dispersion Using the Propeller Wash from Response Vessels
  • Evaluation of Arctic In-Situ Oil Spill Response Countermeasures
  • Oma Formation in Ice-Covered Brackish Waters: Large-Scale Experiments
  • Joint Industry Program on Oil Spill in Arctic and Ice Infested Waters: An Overview
  • Countermeasures for the Beaufort Transition Season
  • Oil Spill Countermeasures
  • New Oil Containment Technology: For Fast and Narrow Waters
  • Viscous Oil Pumping Technology and Annular Water Lubrication Techniques
  • Development of a Strategy for Offshore Use of Dispersants in Norwegian Waters
  • French Sea Trials on Chemical Dispersion: DEPOL 04 & 05
  • Dispersant Research in a Specialized Wave Tank: Mimicking the Mixing Energy of Natural Sea States
  • Wave Tank Studies on Chemical Dispersant Effectiveness: Dispersed Oil Droplet Size Distribution
  • Wave Tank Studies on Formation and Transport of OMA from the Chemically Dispersed Oil
  • Biological Effects and Monitoring Habitat Recovery
  • Optimal Nutrient Application Strategies for the Bioremediation of Tidally-Influenced Beaches
  • Benthos Community Monitoring of A Dumping Area During Liquid Natural Gas Plant Construction
  • Oil Fingerprinting and Spill Source Identification
  • What Compounds in Crude Oil Cause Chronic Toxicity to Larval Fish?
  • Potential Impacts of an Orimulsion Spill on Marine (Atlantic Herring; Clupea harengus) and Estuarine (Mummichog; Fundulus heteroclitus) Fish Species in Atlantic Canada
  • Effectiveness of Dispersants for Coastal Habitat Protection as a Function of Types of Oil and Dispersant
  • How Clean is Clean?: Development of Monitoring Methods to Determine Environmental and Socially Acceptable End-Points of Clean-Up
  • Modelling, Fate and Transport
  • Microbial and Abiotic Removal of Ydrocarbon Components in Oil Tanker Ballast Water Processed by the Alyeska Ballast Water Treatment Facility in Port Valdez, Alaska
  • Oil Spill Drift and Fate Model
  • Modelling of Oil Droplet Kinetics Under Breaking Waves
  • The Necessity of Applying Sar Imagery to Oil Spill Modeling in Cases of Data Obfuscation
  • Risk Assessment/Contingency Planning/Operational Response/Policy
  • Prevention of Oil Spills Caused by Premeditated Negative Influence
  • Spillview: A Support to Decision-Making Software in Emergency Response to Marine Oil Spill
  • Accidental Marine Pollution in Belgium: The Emergence of Response Strategies
  • Dimensioning of Norwegian Oil Spill Preparedness: Focusing on the Arctic North Norway and the Barents Sea
  • Regional Citizens' Advisory Councils: Ensuring Safe Transport of Crude Oil in Alaska
  • The Role of the Regional Environmental Emergencies Team (REET) in Emergency Response in the Atlantic Region of Canada
  • Minimizing Environmental Impact of Oil Spills: Statoil'S R&D Position and Priorities
  • Modeling Impacts and Tradeoffs of Dispersant Use on Oil Spills
  • Development of Operational Ocean Forecasting Systems and Impact on Oil Plume Drift Calculations
  • Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response Working Group of the Arctic Council: Recent Marine Environmental Initiatives in the Arctic Council
  • The Eastern Mediterranean-Black Sea System with High Oil Spill Risk
  • UK: Recent Counter Pollution R&D Activities
  • Ice Overview for the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River.