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OIL SLICK MOTION NEAR CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE 1
Author(s) -
Munday John C.,
Harrison Wyman,
Maalntyre William G.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1970.tb01647.x
Subject(s) - racing slick , chesapeake bay , current (fluid) , environmental science , meteorology , wind speed , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , oceanography , physics , oil spill , geotechnical engineering , estuary , environmental engineering
Five‐to‐50‐gallon slicks of No. 6 (Bunker C) fuel oil were tracked for several hours on six different occasions. Slick motion was due mainly to surface currents. The slick wind factor varied with wind speed, showing a threshold at seven knots and approaching 2.0 percent at 20 knots. Published values of 2.3 to 5 percent did not exclude the effects of wind‐generated surface currents. Prediction of slick motion using wind and published tidal‐current data was deficient; accuracy will require extensive wind and surface‐current time‐series data.