Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf environment studies program. I, Physical oceanography / Physical Oceanography Panel, Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program. Physical Oceanography Panel.

Contributor:

Rattray, Maurice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continental shelf--Environmental aspects--United States.

Continental shelf.

Oceanography.

Offshore oil industry--Environmental aspects--United States.

Offshore oil industry.

Offshore gas industry--Environmental aspects--United States.

Offshore gas industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Physical oceanography

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

THE PRESENT STUDY

ACQUISITION AND USE OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATION BY THE ESP

CONCLUSIONS

Physical Oceanographic Processes And Models Of Importance To The Esp

Regional Oceanography

Evaluation Of Regional Programs And Washington Office Programs

RECOMMENDATIONS

1 Introduction

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ACTIVITIES

Management Of OCS Activities

Extent of the Leasing Program

Environmental Concerns Resulting from OCS Activities

MMS'S ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM

Mandate

History of the Environmental Studies Program

PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Development of a Studies Plan

Implementation of Studies According to Lease-Sale Schedules

WHY MMS NEEDS PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

ACQUISITION AND USE OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

WHAT INFORMATION IS NEEDED

Information Needed for Leasing Decisions

Information Needed for Development and Production Decisions

Criteria for Judging Adequacy of Scientific Information

2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential I...

INTRODUCTION

The Problem of Assessing Impacts of Oil Exploration: A Physical Oceanographic Perspective

Transport Processes in the Water Column

Sediment Transport Processes

Space and Time Scales

Forcing Mechanisms

Oil Spill and Circulation Models

Scope of the Overview

TRANSPORT, STIRRING, AND MIXING PROCESSES

Wind Stress-Drag Coefficient and Space and Time Resolution

Surface Wind Drift and Ekman Dynamics

Definition Of The Mixed Layer

Mixed Layer Turbulence

Surface Waves and Stokes Drift

Response To Severe Storms

Organized Motions.

Diurnal Cycle and Shallowing Mixed Layers

Monitoring

Coastal-Trapped Waves

Mean-Flow Generation

Interactions Of Western Boundary Currents With Shelves

Mesoscale Features: Jets, Eddies, Squirts, And Filaments

Fronts And Convergences

Cross-Shelf Transport

Buoyancy-Driven Flows

Tides

Internal Waves

Lagrangian Motions

NUMERICAL MODELS

Circulation Modeling

Testing Of Numerical Models

Modeling The Spreading And Dispersion Of Oil

Spreading

Dispersion

SEA ICE

Ice Modeling

Ice-Oil Interaction

Numerical Models Including Oil-Ice Interactions

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

Bottom Boundary Layer and Transport of Suspended Materials

Sediment Transport and The Effect of Oil

3 Regional Oceanography and Evaluation of The Regional Studies Programs and Washington Office Gener...

THE ALASKA REGION

Meteorology and Circulation

Gulf of Alaska

Meteorology

Circulation

Interannual Variability

Bering Sea

Hydrography

The Arctic Chukchi Sea and Bering Strait

The Arctic: Beaufort Sea

Orography

Sea Ice in Alaskan Waters

Evaluation of Mms-Funded Research in the Alaska Region

Synopsis

Arctic

Sea Ice

Evaluation of Observational Studies

Evaluation of Modeling Studies

THE PACIFIC REGION

Mean and Seasonal Winds

El Nino-Southern Oscillations and Interannual Variations

Upwelling and Associated Events

Bottom Boundary Layer

Topographic Effects-Canyons and Capes

Modeling

Evaluation of Mms-Funded Research in the Pacific Region

History of Mms-Funded Research in the Pacific Region

Evaluation Of Modeling Studies.

THE GULF OF MEXICO REGION

General Circulation Features

Major Circulation Features

Shelf Circulation

Evaluation of MMS-Funded Research in the Gulf of Mexico Region Observational Studies

Observational Studies

Eastern Gulf Of Mexico

Western Gulf of Mexico

North-Central Gulf of Mexico

Modeling Studies

Southwest Florida Shelf Model

Texas-Louisiana Shelf Model

Basin-wide Circulation Model

THE ATLANTIC REGION

The South Atlantic Bight

The Mid-Atlantic Bight And Georges Bank

Evaluation of MMS-funded Research in the Atlantic Region

History of MMS-funded Research in the Atlantic Region

Environmental Impact Statements

THE WASHINGTON OFFICE

4 Conclusion and Recommendations

THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE ESP

Acquisition and Use of Physical Oceanographic Information

Physical Oceanographic Models and Processes of Importance to the Esp

Evaluation of Regional Programs

References

Appendices

Appendix A Glossary Of Physical Oceanography Terms

Appendix B Workshop On Modeling In Physical Oceanography

Physical Oceanography Panel Workshop On Oil-Spill Modeling August 5-6, 1987

Participants

Workshop Recommendations

Appendix C Physical Oceanography Study Contracts Awarded By The Minerals Management Service 1973-1989.

Notes:

Panel chairman: Maurice Rattray, Jr.

"Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, contract no. 14-12-001-30342."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-126).

ISBN:

9786610212798

9781280212796

1280212799

9780309582384

0309582385

9780585084626

0585084629

OCLC:

614664657