This paper presents an innovative web-based decision support system to facilitate emergency management in the case of oil spill accidents, called WITOIL (Where Is The Oil). The system can be applied to create a forecast of oil spill events, evaluate uncertainty of the predictions, and calculate hazards based on historical meteo-oceanographic datasets. To compute the oil transport and transformation, WITOIL uses the MEDSLIK-II oil spill model forced by operational meteo-oceanographic services. Results of the modeling are visualized through Google Maps. A special application for Android is designed to provide mobile access for competent authorities, technical and scientific institutions, and citizens.
Original Source [2]
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/decision-support-system-emergency-management-oil-spill-accidents-mediterranean-sea
[2] http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2009/2016/
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/svitlana-liubartseva
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/giovanni-coppini
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nadia-pinardi-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/natural-hazards-and-earth-system-sciences
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mediterranean-sea
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-management
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
