Transcript Real-time Oil Spill Response Scenario

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Real-time Oil Spill Response Scenario
Scenario
 There was an oil spill near Rancho Palos
Verdes at 33.7201 N, 118.3458 W today.
 Use the wave conditions web page,
meteorological conditions web page,
surface current mapping web page, and
Google Earth (if necessary) to answer
the following questions about this oil spill.
Questions
a. Do the weather and wave conditions
allow us to send a response team to the
site?
b. Where will the oil be in one hour?
c. If the conditions remain the same,
where will the oil be in 12 hours?
1. Go to the wave conditions web page at
http://www.sccoos.org/data/waves/?r=0
What is the swell height range for the
area?
 What is the peak period (Tp) and peak
direction (Dp) of the swell?
*Answers will vary depending on conditions
2. Go to the Recent Meteorological
Stations and Observations web page at
http://www.sccoos.org/data/mets/
 What are the weather conditions in the area?
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Air temperature
Air pressure
Wind speed
Wind direction
Wind gust
Humidity
Precipitation rate
When was this data collected?
*Answers will vary depending on conditions
3. Based on the wave conditions and the
weather conditions, can you send a
response team to the site?
4. Go to the surface current mapping web
page at
http://www.sccoos.org/data/hfrnet/
5. Go to View Full Page
6. Select 2 km
7. Disable the “Use 25 hr Averages” option
8. Locate the vector where the oil spill took
place
9. Use the Progressive Vector Diagram
Worksheet to record the measurements for 12
hours after the release time (assume constant
current speed and direction). You don’t need to
plote each point in Google Earth, but you may
need to use Google Earth to determine which
vector to move if the currents would move the
oil more than 2 km (1.08 nm) in 12 hours. (1
kt= 1 nm/hr
10. You can also go to the Southern
California Forecast Model web page to
look at forecasts for wave conditions for
upcoming days. You can click on any
point on the map to get details about the
forecast for that location.
11. Based on the information that you have
gathered, how far will the oil travel one
hour after the release time?
If these conditions remain the same, how
far will the oil travel 12 hours after the
release time?
*Answers will vary depending on conditions.