Monitoring and assessment of an oil spill event with very high resolution tools.
- 1ICMAT, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
- 2Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- 3Ente Público Puertos del Estado, Madrid, Spain
- 4Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
- 5University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
This presentation discusses a downstream application from Copernicus Services, developed in the framework of the IMPRESSIVE project, for the monitoring of the oil spill produced after the crash of the ferry “Volcan de Tamasite” in waters of the Canary Islands on the 21st of April 2017. The presentation summarizes the findings of [1] that describe a complete monitoring of the diesel fuel spill, well-documented by port authorities. Complementary information supplied by different sources enhances the description of the event. We discuss the performance of very high resolution hydrodynamic models in the area of the Port of Gran Canaria and their ability for describing the evolution of this event. Dynamical systems ideas support the comparison of different models performance. Very high resolution remote sensing products and in situ observation validate the description.
Authors acknowledge support from IMPRESSIVE a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 821922. SW acknowledges the support of ONR Grant No. N00014-01-1-0769
References
[1] G.García-Sánchez, A. M. Mancho, A. G. Ramos, J. Coca, B. Pérez-Gómez, E. Álvarez-Fanjul, M. G. Sotillo, M. García-León, V. J. García-Garrido, S. Wiggins. Very High Resolution Tools for the Monitoring and Assessment of Environmental Hazards in Coastal Areas. Front. Mar. Sci. (2021) doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.605804.
How to cite: Mancho, A. M., García-Sánchez, G., Ramos, A. G., Coca, J., Pérez-Gómez, B., Álvarez-Fanjul, E., Sotillo, M. G., García-León, M., García-Garrido, V. J., and Wiggins, S.: Monitoring and assessment of an oil spill event with very high resolution tools. , EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-13528, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13528, 2021.
