Abstract:

High resolution forcing from Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (1/50 degree, 1.8 km resolution GoM-HYCOM) and the weathering from the open source Lagrangian oil drift model. OpenOil is used to determine the most likely stranding locations of oil spilled around Cuba. Eight years of continuous oil spills at five locations are tracked for the position, mass remaining, fraction evaporated, and mass stranded. One hundred droplets of both light (Louisiana Light Sweet) and heavy (IFO-180LS 2014) oil were released daily for eight years. Release locations were (19.49°N, -84.69°E); (21.45°N, -84.72°E); (24.38°N, -86.79°E), (23.75°N, -82.34°E), (23.54°N, -80.84°E). This dataset contains the full eight years of trajectories for all five release locations, as well as a shorter experiment at one location, for both oil weights. This dataset supports the publication: Lars Robert Hole, Victor de Aguiar, Knut-FrodeDagestad, Vassiliki H. Kourafalou, Yannis Androulidakis, Heesook Kang, Matthieu Le Hénaff, Amilcar Calzadae (2021). Long term simulations of potential oil spills around Cuba. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167, 112285. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112285

Suggested Citation:

Hole, Lars Robert. 2021. Dataset for: Long term simulations of potential oil spills around Cuba. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/ABJRN4QK

Publications:

Hole, L. R., de Aguiar, V., Dagestad, K.-F., Kourafalou, V. H., Androulidakis, Y., Kang, H., … Calzada, A. (2021). Long term simulations of potential oil spills around Cuba. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167, 112285. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112285

Purpose:

The determination of the most likely stranding/beaching locations of oil spilled around Cuba.

Data Parameters and Units:

Trajectory [enum]; status [active = 0. stranded = 1]; moving (trajectory, time) ; age_seconds [s]; origin_marker [constant integer]; lon (longitude, [degrees E]); lat (latitude, [degrees N]); z (vertical position, positive up [m]); mass_oil [kg]; viscosity [N s/m2 (Pa s)]; density [kg/m^3]; wind_drift_factor [%]; wind_drift_factor (Elements at the ocean surface are moved by this fraction of the wind vector, in addition to currents and Stokes drift); bulltime (time after onset of emulsification, [s]); interfacial_area [m^2]; mass_dispersed [kg]; mass_evaporated [kg]; mass_biodegraded [kg]; fraction_evaporated [%] ; water_fraction [%] ; oil_film_thickness [m]; diameter [m] ; x_sea_water_velocity [m/s]; y_sea_water_velocity [m/s]; x_wind [m/s]; y_wind [m/s]; upward_sea_water_velocity; sea_surface_wave_significant_height [m]; sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_x_velocity [m/s]; sea_surface_wave_stokes_drift_y_velocity [m/s]; sea_surface_wave_period_at_variance_spectral_density_maximum [s]; sea_surface_wave_mean_period_from_variance_spectral_density_second_frequency_moment [s]; sea_ice_area_fraction; sea_ice_x_velocity; sea_ice_y_velocity; sea_water_temperature [degrees C]; sea_water_salinity [PSU]; sea_floor_depth_below_sea_level; ocean_vertical_diffusivity; land_binary_mask [0,1].

Methods:

OpenDrift is open source framework for ocean trajectory modelling. For more information, please refer to http://opendrift.github.io/. Additional information about the model, including nested HYCOM fields, wave spectra, and OpenOil can be found in the associated publication Hole et al (2021).

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