Decision support system for emergency management of oil spill accidents in the Mediterranean Sea

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 haza...

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Main Authors: S. Liubartseva, G. Coppini, N. Pinardi, M. De Dominicis, R. Lecci, G. Turrisi, S. Cretì, S. Martinelli, P. Agostini, P. Marra, F. Palermo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-08-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2009/2016/nhess-16-2009-2016.pdf