For the first time a statistical analysis of oil spill beaching is applied to the whole Mediterranean Sea. A series of probability maps of beaching in case of an oil spill incident are proposed as a complementary tool to vulnerability analysis and risk assessment in the whole basin. As a first approach a set of spill source points are selected along the main paths of tankers and a few points of special interest related with hot spot areas or oil platforms. Probability of beaching on coastal segments are obtained for 3 types of oil characterised by medium to highly persistence in water. The approach is based on Lagrangian simulations using particles as a proxy of oil spills evolving according the environmental conditions provided by a hincast model of the Mediterranean circulation.
@article{arxiv.1510.00287,
title = {Managing large oil Spills in the Mediterranean},
author = {J. A. Jiménez Madrid and A. García-Olivares and J. Ballabrera Poy and E. García-Ladona},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.00287},
year = {2015}
}