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    The document discusses the OSCAR model, which is a 3D oil spill contingency and response model. It summarizes the key components and processes included in OSCAR, such as oil weathering processes like spreading, evaporation, emulsification, as well as response actions like mechanical recovery and dispersant application. It also provides an overview of the general model structure and inputs/outputs. An example application of OSCAR to simulate a Gulf of Mexico spill is described.

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    The document discusses the OSCAR model, which is a 3D oil spill contingency and response model. It summarizes the key components and processes included in OSCAR, such as oil weathering processes like spreading, evaporation, emulsification, as well as response actions like mechanical recovery and dispersant application. It also provides an overview of the general model structure and inputs/outputs. An example application of OSCAR to simulate a Gulf of Mexico spill is described.

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    Use of the OSCAR model for deep

    water spills
    Mark Reed
    SINTEF Marine Environmental Technology

    Materials and Chemistry

    SINTEF
    Marine Environmental Modelling Workbench
    Models

    DREAM

    OSCAR

    ParTrack

    Dose, Risk, and


    Effects
    Assessment Model

    3-D Oil Spill


    Contingency And
    Response Model

    Drill Muds and


    Cuttings
    Operations

    OWM: Oil
    Weathering
    Model

    Modules

    Databases

    Oil
    Weathering

    Chemical

    DeepBlow
    Underwater
    Blowout and Nearfield Jet Dynamics

    Biological

    Marine Organism
    Migration and
    Drift Model for
    Exposure
    Assessments

    Environmental

    Materials and Chemistry

    Toxicological

    Overview of OSCAR Model System


    Oil characteristics database
    Water uptake
    Emulsion viscosity,
    stability
    Pour point, flash point
    Composition data
    Environmental database
    Currents
    Winds
    Shoreline
    Bathymetry
    Response options
    Mechanical recovery
    Dispersant application
    Materials and Chemistry

    Processes included in OSCAR


    Surface processes:
    Response actions

    drifting, spreading
    natural dispersion

    Volatilization from water to air

    emulsification
    evaporation

    surfacing of droplets, slick formation

    stranding
    dissolution from entrained droplets
    degradation
    particulate adsorption/desorption
    settling

    sediments: deposition, dissolution, degradation, bio-turbation


    Materials and Chemistry

    General Model Structure


    Oil type
    Spill rate, location,
    Special conditions
    Response
    specifications

    Inputs

    Drifting

    Processes

    Spreading
    Evaporation
    Photo-oxidation*
    Emulsification
    Natural dispersion
    Dissolution
    Degradation

    Coastline

    Sediment interactions:
    Water column and seafloor

    Bathymetry

    Droplets and WAF

    Currents

    Stranding

    Waves
    Wind speed
    Sea temperature

    Response actions:

    Chemical dispersion
    Mechanical recovery
    Burning*

    Sea ice coverage


    Biological resources

    Oil mass balance,


    Geographical distributions,
    Properties, Biological implications
    Materials and Chemistry

    Outputs
    5

    Snapshot of OSCAR screen

    Materials and Chemistry

    Example run Gulf of Mexico


    Surface wind forecasts and ocean
    currents from 3D circulation model
    for the Gulf downloaded from
    NOAA each day in the internet.
    Vertical temperature and salinity
    profiles from location
    A movie has been made showing
    the development of the plume of
    rising oil droplets and dissolved in
    the vicinity of the spill location
    Snapshots are shown at time
    intervals of 10 minutes during a 24
    hours period
    Show movie
    Materials and Chemistry

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