On the transport and modeling of dispersed oil under ice

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2018

Abstract

Theoretical arguments and numerical investigations were conducted to understand the transport of oil droplets under ice. It was found that the boundary layer (BL) in the water under ice produces a downward velocity that reaches up to 0.2% of horizontal current speed, and is, in general, larger than the rise velocity of 70 μm oil droplets. The eddy diffusivity was found to increase with depth and to decrease gradually afterward. Neglecting the gradient of eddy diffusivity when conducting Lagrangian transport of oil droplets would result in an unphysical spatial distribution. When the downward velocity of water was neglected, oil accumulated at the water-ice interface regardless of the attachment efficiency. The lift force was found to scrape off droplets of the ice, especially for droplets ≤ 70 μm. These findings suggest that previous oil spill simulations may have overestimated the number of small droplets (≤70 μm) at the water-ice interface.

Identifier

85050460797 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Marine Pollution Bulletin

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.046

e-ISSN

18793363

ISSN

0025326X

PubMed ID

30301075

First Page

569

Last Page

580

Volume

135

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