In this lab we use a computer program called GNOME to predict and try to simulate what would happen in an oil spill
First off we tried to recreate the Santa Barbara by putting in the conditions during the time it was going on.
Part 1) The model was identical to the local account of the oil spill. The account did mention a storm coming in but the model ran for 3 days and the account said this storm came about 9 days after the spill. So maybe the spill went on longer than the model that we had.
First off we tried to recreate the Santa Barbara by putting in the conditions during the time it was going on.
Part 1) The model was identical to the local account of the oil spill. The account did mention a storm coming in but the model ran for 3 days and the account said this storm came about 9 days after the spill. So maybe the spill went on longer than the model that we had.
Part 2) In this part we had simulate an oil spill that cound happen today. We would take the conditions of the area for one day and input the information to simulate what would happen for that day.
1) In this hypothetical spill the oil didn't really go anywhere it just spreaded around. While the simulation of the actual Santa Barbara oil spill the oil went to the coast line within a few days.
2) We only ran the simulation for one day so we coudn't determine where the oil could of gone of the next days. I could assume some of the oil will make landfall after a couple of days.
Lab Answers
1) Some important variables in this model was the wind speed and direction and the currents so those are important because they can push or make the oil go where ever its headed.
2) The direction where the oil went changed because the change in variables changed the outcome of the simulation.
3) If the wind direction and current are going towards the Channel Island it would threaten it because then the oil will go with the direction of the winds and currents.
4) They can now have the temperature of the water. Temperature can have effect because it changes the density of the water.
1) In this hypothetical spill the oil didn't really go anywhere it just spreaded around. While the simulation of the actual Santa Barbara oil spill the oil went to the coast line within a few days.
2) We only ran the simulation for one day so we coudn't determine where the oil could of gone of the next days. I could assume some of the oil will make landfall after a couple of days.
Lab Answers
1) Some important variables in this model was the wind speed and direction and the currents so those are important because they can push or make the oil go where ever its headed.
2) The direction where the oil went changed because the change in variables changed the outcome of the simulation.
3) If the wind direction and current are going towards the Channel Island it would threaten it because then the oil will go with the direction of the winds and currents.
4) They can now have the temperature of the water. Temperature can have effect because it changes the density of the water.