Author(s)

M. Pacheco, G. Rodriguez, L Garcia-Weil, A. Tejera & E. Perez-Martell

Abstract

The adverse effects of spilling pollutants in water have focused attention on the behaviour of contaminants at sea, especially at coastal and shelf seas due to their key role for a wide range of human activities and interest. In particular, when oil is spilled in the marine environment, a primary concern is where the oil will go. Oil spill models suitable for use in oil spill response and contingency planning, providing rapid predictions of the movement of spilled oil, require an adequate knowledge about the ocean surface circulation in the area around the oil spill launch site to estimate the probabilities of contacting portions of a coastline. Unfortunately, field measurement prog

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