Marine Scotland Science, UK.
Marine Scotland Science, UK.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2018 Feb;127:484-504. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.002. Epub 2017 Dec 21.
As oil reserves in established basins become depleted, exploration and production moves towards relatively unexploited areas, such as deep waters off the continental shelf. The Faroe-Shetland Channel (FSC, NE Atlantic) and adjacent areas have been subject to increased focus by the oil industry. In addition to extreme depths, metocean conditions in this region characterise an environment with high waves and strong winds, strong currents, complex circulation patterns, sharp density gradients, and large small- and mesoscale variability. These conditions pose operational challenges to oil spill response and question the suitability of current oil spill modelling frameworks (oil spill models and their forcing data) to adequately simulate the behaviour of a potential oil spill in the area. This article reviews the state of knowledge relevant to deepwater oil spill modelling for the FSC area and identifies knowledge gaps and research priorities. Our analysis should be relevant to other areas of complex oceanography.
随着已探明油藏的枯竭，勘探和生产活动逐渐转向相对未开发的地区，如大陆架以外的深海。法罗-设得兰海峡（FSC，北大西洋东北部）及其周边地区一直是石油行业关注的焦点。除了极端水深外，该地区的海洋气象条件还具有高浪和大风、强流、复杂的环流模式、急剧的密度梯度以及大中小尺度可变性等特点。这些条件给油污应急响应带来了挑战，也质疑了当前油污模型框架（油污模型及其强迫数据）是否足以充分模拟该地区潜在油污的行为。本文回顾了与 FSC 地区深海溢油建模相关的知识现状，并确定了知识差距和研究重点。我们的分析应该与其他复杂海洋学领域相关。
