Details
- Mission objective
- Objective 1a - Protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems and biodiversityObjective 2b - Prevent and eliminate pollution – nutrients‚ chemicals‚ pesticidesEnabler 2b - Raising awareness
- Lighthouse
- Arctic basin
- Sector
- Environmental protection and regeneration
- Topic(s)
- Clean oceanChemicalsExtractionEnvironmental protection
- Type of action
- Evidence-based knowledge and data and/or access provision to knowledge and data
- Type of knowledge output
- Report (research paper, policy report, white paper, guidelines, case studies, best practices, etc)
- Solution owner
- APP4SEA
- Country
- Finland
Description
This report introduces oil weathering processes, and states why knowledge of those in case of oil spill response is important. An example study of crude oil from the northern part of the North Sea is demonstrated. Its physical and chemical properties are listed in an extract from the study, giving an understand which ones are the most crucial for oil behaviour in water. The properties also serve as input material to software tools developed in order to forecast oil spill drifting scenarios and showcase oil mass balance. The tools provide visual materials such as graphs and maps, where oil spill response authorities can observe the incident and prepare all necessary equipment to respond it. One example of such tool is described in the report. The tool is open access and can be used worldwide.
