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The Oil Spill Contingency and Response (OSCAR) example source data for the Subsurface Oil Simulation (SoSIM) model of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 2010-05-21 to 2010-06-17

Authors: Beegle-Krause, Cynthia Juyne

Published On: May 07 2020 14:59 UTC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/n7-5w6y-hq80

UDI: R6.x812.000:0006

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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-VI

Research Group:
Inferential/Parametric Forecasting of Subsurface Oil Trajectory Integrating Limited Reconnaissance Data with Flow Field Information for Emergency Response

Point of Contact

Cynthia Juyne Beegle-Krause
SINTEF / Department of Marine Environmental Technology
CJ.Beegle-Krause@sintef.no

Data Collection Period

2010-05-21

2010-06-17

Theme keywords

oil concentration, submerged oil, Oil Spill Contingency and Response (OSCAR) model, Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Abstract:

This dataset includes an example of output from the Oil Spill and Contingency Response (OSCAR) model which has been used to provide input information for the Subsurface Oil Simulation model for tracking the spread of oil spills. This dataset covers 28 days in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon spill, 2010-05-21 to 2010-06-17. Developed by SINTEF (www.sintef.no), OSCAR models weathering processes on oil. The underlying circulation field is provided by the HYCOM Gulf of Mexico 1/25° degree reanalysis (GOMu0.04). The data presented here include the three-dimensional distribution of oil concentration and total oil in twenty depth layers between 900 and 1300 m; the first layer is 2 m thick and the remainder 20.95 m thick. Temporal resolution is daily for 28 days spanning 2010-05-21 to 2010-06-17. Related dataset R6.x812.000:0002 (DOI: 10.7266/n7-qsr6-gr54) simulates the spreading of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using these OSCAR concentration fields.

Suggested Citation:

Beegle-Krause, Cynthia Juyne. 2020. The Oil Spill Contingency and Response (OSCAR) example source data for the Subsurface Oil Simulation (SoSIM) model of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 2010-05-21 to 2010-06-17. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-5w6y-hq80

Publications:

Ji, C., Englehardt, J. D., & Beegle-Krause, C. J. (2020). Design of Real—Time Sampling Strategies for Submerged Oil Based on Probabilistic Model Predictions. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(12), 984. doi:10.3390/jmse8120984

Purpose:

The output of OSCAR has been used as input for the Subsurface Oil Simulation (SOSim) model.

Data Parameters and Units:

Latitude_longitude, longitude (grid cell center, [decimal degrees E]), latitude (grid cell center, [decimal degrees N]), depth [m], time [elapsed time since 2010-05-20 20:00:00, [s]), total_concentration (of contaminant/oil [ppb]), concentration [ppb], longitude bounds, latitude_bounds, depth_bounds [m], bathymetry [m].

Methods:

More details on the OSCAR model can be found at https://www.sintef.no/en/software/oscar/. The HYCOM 1/25° GoM re-analysis is located at https://www.hycom.org/data/gomu0pt04/expt-50pt1.