| Title: | Large-scale oil-in-ice experiment in the Barents Sea: monitoring of oil in water and MetOcean interactions |
| Author(s): | Faksness LG; Brandvik PJ; Daae RL; Leirvik F; Borseth JF; |
| Address: | "SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway. liv-guri.faksness@sintef.no" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.039 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-3363 (Electronic) 0025-326X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "A large-scale field experiment took place in the marginal ice zone in the Barents Sea in May 2009. Fresh oil (7000 L) was released uncontained between the ice floes to study oil weathering and spreading in ice and surface water. A detailed monitoring of oil-in-water and ice interactions was performed throughout the six-day experiment. In addition, meteorological and oceanographic data were recorded for monitoring of the wind speed and direction, air temperature, currents and ice floe movements. The monitoring showed low concentrations of dissolved hydrocarbons and the predicted acute toxicity indicated that the acute toxicity was low. The ice field drifted nearly 80 km during the experimental period, and although the oil drifted with the ice, it remained contained between the ice floes" |
| Keywords: | "Arctic Regions Environmental Monitoring Ice/*analysis Oceans and Seas Petroleum/*analysis Seawater/*chemistry Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis Water Movements Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/chemistry;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineFaksness, Liv-Guri Brandvik, Per Johan Daae, Ragnhild L Leirvik, Frode Borseth, Jan Fredrik eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2011/03/15 Mar Pollut Bull. 2011 May; 62(5):976-84. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.039. Epub 2011 Mar 10" |
