Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program : Physical Oceanography.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, Commission on Life Sciences
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1990.
Temas:
Continental shelf > Environmental aspects > United States.
Oceanography.
Offshore oil industry > Environmental aspects > United States.
Offshore gas industry > Environmental aspects > United States.
Oceanography
Plateau continental > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Océanographie.
Pétrole offshore > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Gaz naturel offshore > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
oceanography.
Continental shelf > Environmental aspects
Offshore gas industry > Environmental aspects
Offshore oil industry > Environmental aspects
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • THE PRESENT STUDY
  • ACQUISITION AND USE OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATION BY THE ESP
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • Physical Oceanographic Processes And Models Of Importance To The Esp
  • Regional Oceanography
  • Evaluation Of Regional Programs And Washington Office Programs
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 1 Introduction
  • OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES
  • Management Of OCS Activities
  • Extent of the Leasing Program
  • Environmental Concerns Resulting from OCS ActivitiesMMS'S ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM
  • Mandate
  • History of the Environmental Studies Program
  • THE PRESENT STUDY
  • PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
  • Development of a Studies Plan
  • Implementation of Studies According to Lease-Sale Schedules
  • WHY MMS NEEDS PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
  • ACQUISITION AND USE OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
  • WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED
  • Information Needed for Leasing Decisions
  • Information Needed for Development and Production Decisions
  • Criteria for Judging Adequacy of Scientific Information2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential I ...
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Problem of Assessing Impacts of Oil Exploration: A Physical Oceanographic Perspective
  • Transport Processes in the Water Column
  • Sediment Transport Processes
  • Space and Time Scales
  • Forcing Mechanisms
  • Oil Spill and Circulation Models
  • Scope of the Overview
  • TRANSPORT, STIRRING, AND MIXING PROCESSES
  • Wind Stressâ€?Drag Coefficient and Space and Time Resolution
  • Surface Wind Drift and Ekman DynamicsDefinition Of The Mixed Layer
  • Mixed Layer Turbulence
  • Surface Waves and Stokes Drift
  • Response To Severe Storms
  • Organized Motions
  • Diurnal Cycle and Shallowing Mixed Layers
  • Monitoring
  • Coastal-Trapped Waves
  • Mean-Flow Generation
  • Interactions Of Western Boundary Currents With Shelves
  • Mesoscale Features: Jets, Eddies, Squirts, And Filaments
  • Fronts And Convergences
  • Cross-Shelf Transport
  • Buoyancy-Driven Flows
  • Tides
  • Internal Waves
  • Lagrangian Motions
  • NUMERICAL MODELS
  • Circulation ModelingTesting Of Numerical Models
  • Modeling The Spreading And Dispersion Of Oil
  • Spreading
  • Dispersion
  • SEA ICE
  • Ice Modeling
  • Ice-Oil Interaction
  • Numerical Models Including Oil-Ice Interactions
  • SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
  • Bottom Boundary Layer and Transport of Suspended Materials
  • Sediment Transport and The Effect of Oil
  • 3 Regional Oceanography and Evaluation of The Regional Studies Programs and Washington Office Gener ...
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE ALASKA REGION
  • Meteorology and Circulation
  • Gulf of Alaska
  • Meteorology

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