The Role of Wind Waves in Oil Spill Natural Dispersion in the Sea


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Abstract

The paper analyzes the available parametrizations for calculating oil dispersion in water. A new parametrization of oil droplet flux into water has been elaborated based on a number of recent experimental studies on wind waves and oil droplet dispersion during wave breaking. The turnover rate (TOR) of the sea surface is proposed to determine the primary flux of oil droplets into water. The parameter of lognormal distribution (median) of oil droplets is calculated versus their sizes in a wide range of oil density, viscosity, interfacial tension, and wind speed.

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S. N. Zatsepa

Zubov State Oceanographic Institute

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Email: zatsepa@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119034

A. A. Ivchenko

Zubov State Oceanographic Institute

Email: zatsepa@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119034

K. A. Korotenko

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: zatsepa@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

V. V. Solbakov

Zubov State Oceanographic Institute; Federal Research Center of Computer Science and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: zatsepa@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119034; Moscow, 119333

V. V. Stanovoy

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute

Email: zatsepa@gmail.com
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199397

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