ATLANTIC_CH03_Specification_2 / Oil Platform Leak Bulletin 72h released after the DG MARE alert received by email on the 10th of May 2016

The Oil Platform Leaks challenge attempts to determine the likely trajectory of the slick and to release rapid information on the oil movement and environmental and coastal impacts in the form of a bulletin brodcast 72 hours after the event.

This bulletin indicates what information can be provided, evidencing the fitness for use of the current available marine datasets, as well as pointing out gaps in the current Emodnet data collection framework.

The exercise relies on two tools operated by CLS:

The OSCAR model (Oil Spill Contingency and Response, operated at CLS under license) made available by SINTEF and used to simulate the oil spill fate and weathering at water surface, in the water column and along shorelines. A QGIS system to display and cross the oil spill forecast with coastal data (information on environment and human activities). This product relises on the use of information on human activities and environmental sensitivity to establish the impact of the oïl Spill on the coastal areas.