relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/15974/
title: Oil spill trajectory modelling and environmental vulnerability mapping using GNOME model and GIS
creator: Balogun, A.-L.
creator: Yekeen, S.T.
creator: Pradhan, B.
creator: Wan Yusof, K.B.
description: This study develops an oil spill environmental vulnerability model for predicting and mapping the oil slick trajectory pattern in Kota Tinggi, Malaysia. The impact of seasonal variations on the vulnerability of the coastal resources to oil spill was modelled by estimating the quantity of coastal resources affected across three climatic seasons (northeast monsoon, southwest monsoon and pre-monsoon). Twelve 100 m3 (10,000 splots) medium oil spill scenarios were simulated using General National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Operational Oil Modeling Environment (GNOME) model. The output was integrated with coastal resources, comprising biological, socio-economic and physical shoreline features. Results revealed that the speed of an oil slick (40.8 m per minute) is higher during the pre-monsoon period in a southwestern direction and lower during the northeast monsoon (36.9 m per minute). Evaporation, floating and spreading are the major weathering processes identified in this study, with approximately 70 of the slick reaching the shoreline or remaining in the water column during the first 24 h (h) of the spill. Oil spill impacts were most severe during the southwest monsoon, and physical shoreline resources are the most vulnerable to oil spill in the study area. The study concluded that variation in climatic seasons significantly influence the vulnerability of coastal resources to marine oil spill. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
publisher: Elsevier Ltd
date: 2021
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Balogun, A.-L. and Yekeen, S.T. and Pradhan, B. and Wan Yusof, K.B.  (2021) Oil spill trajectory modelling and environmental vulnerability mapping using GNOME model and GIS.  Environmental Pollution, 268.   ISSN 02697491     
relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096392849&doi=10.1016%2fj.envpol.2020.115812&partnerID=40&md5=5ac78d9d99edf35286c92b7ad2fc3c09
relation: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115812
identifier: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115812