Theory and Modern Applications
Table 3 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 4 January 2019, a day with the tropical cyclone Pabuk
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 | 02:06 | 03:06 |
Position | 10.42N, 101.30E | 9.43N, 100.57E | 10.14N, 99.86E |
Distance (km) | 0 | 81.89 | 108.36 |
Wind speed (km h−1) | 46.72 | 49.94 | 32.71 |
Significant wave height (m) | 5.86 | 3.55 | 2.30 |
OS2 | 00:00 | 01:51 | 01:47 |
Position | 9.68N, 101.40E | 9.53N, 100.47E | 10.06N, 99.94E |
Distance (km) | 0 | 98.35 | 72.73 |
Wind speed (km h−1) | 68.85 | 57.77 | 30.62 |
Significant wave height (m) | 6.15 | 3.26 | 2.31 |
OS3 | 00:00 | 01:59 | 01:08 |
Position | 7.37N, 102.60E | 8.10N, 101.90E | 8.24N, 101.76E |
Distance (km) | 0 | 72.55 | 28.88 |
Wind speed (km h−1) | 61.05 | 47.61 | 38.04 |
Significant wave height (m) | 4.76 | 6.35 | 6.77 |