Theory and Modern Applications
Table 1 The positions and the traveling distances of each of the three oil slicks and their corresponding wind speeds and significant wave heights at the three different times on 6 December 2018, a fine weather day
From: A numerical study of oil spill spreading in the Gulf of Thailand
Oil slick | Time duration (hh:mm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
\(\Delta t_{1}\) | \(\Delta t_{2}\) | \(\Delta t_{3}\) | |
OS1 | 00:00 | 05:34 | 10:38 |
Position | 10.42N, 101.30E | 9.43N, 100.57E | 10.81N, 99.20E |
Distance (km) | 0 | 69.36 | 153.98 |
Wind speed (km h−1) | 13.02 | 13.00 | 12.30 |
Significant wave height (m) | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.22 |
OS2 | 00:00 | 04:36 | 04:23 |
Position | 9.68N, 101.40E | 9.53N, 100.47E | 10.22N, 99.78E |
Distance (km) | 0 | 85.55 | 76.31 |
Wind speed (km h−1) | 19.83 | 18.53 | 13.29 |
Significant wave height (m) | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.70 |
OS3 | 00:00 | 06:08 | 00:00 |
Position | 7.37N, 102.60E | 8.57N, 101.43E | 8.57N, 101.43E |
Distance (km) | 0 | 108.81 | 0.00 |
Wind speed (km h−1) | 15.86 | 16.00 | 16.00 |
Significant wave height (m) | 1.10 | 1.02 | 1.02 |