Fate and behaviour

Fate and behaviour Compiling existing knowledge Meso scale experiments Field experiments Svalbard Field verification Barents Sea Oil Weathering Modell In-situ burning Mechanical recovery Chemical dispersants Remote sensing Generic OSCG Field experiments Coordination	Fate and behaviour The fate and behaviour of oils is crucial input when deciding on response tactics and as input to oil spill response modelling. A good overview of weathering in open waters has been established, but for ice-infested waters the knowledge is lacking. The main objective for this project within the JIP is to establish a good calibration set to improve modelling of weathering of oil spills in ice. Several tasks studying weathering processes with oil-in-ice on a bench-scale, meso-scale and with smaler field experiments are performed as a part of this JIP. The main focus of P1 is weathering properties of oil spills under various ice conditions for a broad selection of oil types. Contact; Per Johan Brandvik Published September 7, 2006