%0 Journal Article
%@ 02697491
%A Balogun, A.-L.
%A Yekeen, S.T.
%A Pradhan, B.
%A Wan Yusof, K.B.
%D 2021
%F scholars:15974
%I Elsevier Ltd
%J Environmental Pollution
%K Atmospheric thermodynamics; Mapping; Natural resources; Oil spills; Weathering, Environmental vulnerability; Modeling environments; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Oil spill trajectory; Seasonal variation; Southwest monsoon; Trajectory pattern; Weathering process, Marine pollution, GIS; mapping; modeling; oil spill; pollutant transport; seasonal variation; trajectory; vulnerability, computer simulation; evaporation; geographic information system; Malaysia; mathematical model; meteorological phenomena; monsoon climate; ocean current; oceanography; oil spill; salinity; seasonal variation; weathering; wind speed; environmental monitoring; geographic information system; theoretical model; water pollutant, Johor; Kota Tinggi; Malaysia; West Malaysia, Environmental Monitoring; Geographic Information Systems; Malaysia; Models, Theoretical; Petroleum Pollution; Water Pollutants, Chemical
%R 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115812
%T Oil spill trajectory modelling and environmental vulnerability mapping using GNOME model and GIS
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/15974/
%V 268
%X 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
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