Modeling the Alaskan Continental Shelf Waters

Modeling the Alaskan Continental Shelf Waters
Author: Shiao-kung Liu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1987
Genre: Continental shelf
ISBN:

This report presents modeling studies of the hydrodynamic and related physical processes of the Alaskan coastal waters for impact assessments of the exploration and exploitation of oil reserves on the Alaskan outer continental shelf. A major part of the report describes the methodology used for computing oil dispersion, weathering, and movements, and the results of the computations. The author describes the three-dimensional modeling system, the modeling of coastal hydrodynamic processes, wind fields, pack ice movements, and oil trajectories.

Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program

Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program
Author: Division on Earth and Life Studies
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1990-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0309041813

A report by the Physical Oceanography Panel of the National Research Council of the United States into the physical oceanographic aspects of the Environmental Studies Program. The Committee evaluated the quality and relevance of studies carried out in waters under federal control which extend from the limits of state jurisdictions (3-12 miles offshore) and include the central and outer continental shelf waters and the continental slope of the United States.