Modeling oil spill trajectory in Bosphorus for contingency planning

Şafak Nur Ertürk Bozkurtoğlu*

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Abstract

Bosphorus, is a strongly driven international maritime route between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara and is a high risk area for oil spill due to the heavy tanker traffic. In this study an oil spill trajectory model was developed for investigating the potential risks of accidental oil spills in Bosphorus. The proposed oil spill trajectory model combines the surface current velocity data obtained from a calibrated hydrodynamic model with the advection, spreading, and evaporation processes that are effective only on the sea surface and dominant for a couple of hours after the oil spill. Model simulations revealed that spilled oil reaches the shoreline on both sides of Bosphorus in < 4 h following the spill. We proposed locations for emergency intervention stations in Bosphorus which can be used to devise a suitable oil spill contingency plan to keep the adverse impacts of oil spills at minimum.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)57-72
Number of pages16
JournalMarine Pollution Bulletin
Volume123
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2017

Bibliographical note

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Funding

This work was supported by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality through the PROJEM Istanbul research fund under grant pi_120 and by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) under grant 107Y178 . The author would also like to acknowledge the Turkish Naval Forces, Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography (SHODB) for supplying the bathymetry data. This work was supported by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality through the PROJEM Istanbul research fund under grant pi_120 and by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUB?TAK) under grant 107Y178. The author would also like to acknowledge the Turkish Naval Forces, Office of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography (SHODB) for supplying the bathymetry data.

FundersFunder number
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipalitypi_120
TUBİTAK
Turkish Naval Forces
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu107Y178

    Keywords

    • Bosphorus
    • Contingency planning
    • Emergency response
    • Lagrangian particle tracking
    • Oil spill model

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