Mersea Oil Spill Demonstrations

• 13.09.2007: Initial version of wiki. Sample data files uploaded. (BH, met.no)

This wiki is a meeting place for project participants and selected outside parties involved in the Mersea marine oil spill fate prediction demonstration activities in the Mersea Integrated Project (WorkPackage 12.3). It is hosted and maintained by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (met.no).

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The main purpose of this wiki is to exchange and disseminate information and data from the various demonstration experiments performed in the Fall of 2007. These demonstrations are carried out as part of WorkPackage 12.3 of the Mersea Integrated Project. The purpose of the demonstrations is to show the benefits of using Mersea ocean forecast data in an important maritime security application, in this case oil spill fate forecasting.

Oil spill forecast service providers:

• Norwegian Meteorological Institute (met.no): lead partner in Mersea WP12.3
• University of Cyprus (UCY): partner in Mersea WP12.3
• MeteoFrance (MF): partner in Mersea WP12.3
• Ifremer: partner in Mersea WP12.3
• Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS): associated forecast provider

Users of oil spill forecasts:

• Cedre:
• Norwegian Coastal Authority (KV)
• Norwegian Clean Seas Association of Offshore Operators (NOFO)
• European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)

Demonstration type: Drifter deployment for forecast validation

Start: Drifter deployment from 17 September 2007

Lead: UCY

Contact: George Zodiatis (gzodiac@ucy.ac.cy)

Summary: UCY will deploy surface drifters to emulate a surface oil spill in the Eastern Mediterranean south of Cyprus beginning 17 September 2007. Satellite tracking of drift positions 2-3 weeks. Perform oil spill simulations to forecast the fate of the “oil spill”. Each participant will supply oil spill forecast data and/or graphical results directly to the users or to UCY. Results from all partners (UCY possible exception) will be converted to a common format and presented in a common graphical tool, e.g., GoogleEarth. The forecast results will be analyzed against the observed drifter tracks and reported.

File naming convention: Producer-Model/Obstype-Area-CreationDate-SeriesNumber.ext

Note on GoogleEarth-friendly files

metno-od3d-nsea-110907-1.kml.zip (sample data set)

mf-mothy-biscaya-160807-1.kml.zip (sample data set)

Demonstration type: Drifter deployment for forecast validation

Start: Drifter deployment from 7 October 2007

Lead: met.no

Contact: Bruce Hackett (Bruce.Hackett@met.no), Francois Parthiot (Francois.Parthiot@le-cedre.fr)

Summary: Cedre will deploy oil monitoring buoys to emulate a surface oil spill in the Western Mediterranean south of Nice starting 7 or 8 October 2007. Perform oil spill simulations to forecast the fate of the “oil spill”. Each participant will supply oil spill forecast data and/or graphical results directly to the users or to Cedre. Results from all partners (UCY possible exception) will be converted to a common format and presented in a common graphical tool, e.g., GoogleEarth. The forecast results will be analyzed against the observed drifter tracks and reported.

File naming convention: Producer-Model/Obstype-Area-CreationDate-SeriesNumber.ext

Note on GoogleEarth-friendly files