Several oil spill simulation models exist in the literature, which are used worldwide to
simulate the evolution of an oil slick created from marine traffic, petroleum production, or …

During its periodic motion, a particle floating at the free surface of a water wave experiences
a net drift velocity in the direction of wave propagation, known as the Stokes drift (Stokes …

Criteria for discriminating between radar signatures of oil films and biogenic slicks visible on
synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the sea surface as dark patches are critically …

OpenDrift is an open-source Python-based framework for Lagrangian particle modelling
under development at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute with contributions from the …

Berta, M., A. Griffa, MG Magaldi, TM Özgökmen, AC Poje, AC Haza, and MJ Olascoaga,
2015: Improved surface velocity and trajectory estimates in the Gulf of Mexico from blended …

Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident of a massive blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico,
scientists from government, industry, and academia collaborated to advance oil spill …

Reanalysis wind fields are obtained by correcting the numerically forecasted wind fields
based on observation data (ie, either remote sensing or in-situ observations, or both) …

Plastics and spilled oil pose a critical threat to marine life and human health. As a result of
wind forcing and wave motions, theoretical and laboratory studies predict very strong …

This review paper reports on the state-of-the-art concerning observations of surface winds,
waves, and currents from space and their use for scientific research and subsequent …

This paper reviews physical mechanisms, observation techniques and modelling
approaches dealing with surface currents on short time scales (hours to days) relevant for …