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The Role of Wind in Modeling of Oil Pollution Transport and Diffusion in the Persian Gulf

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The Persian Gulf ecosystem is facing a variety of stresses as a result of being located within the richest oil province in the world, which hosts more than 67 % of the world oil reserve. In this paper, the distribution of oil pollution on the surface layer of the Persian Gulf is predicted for the different months after the release, based on the Coupled Hydrodynamical Ecological model for Regional Shelf seas (COHERENS). An Eulerian model for the Persian Gulf is set up using the Cartesian coordinate in the horizontal direction, and the sigma coordinate in the vertical direction. Based on this model, our analysis and simulation results indicate that the winds lead to diffusion of the contaminant concentration in the direction of the Arabian coast from the initial position of the spill. The results of this study can be used to provide appropriate solutions for preventing oil from spreading further in the region.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the Physics Department of the University of Hormozgan and the University of Isfahan for their assistance and support.

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  1. Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, 81746, Iran

    Smaeyl Hassanzadeh

  2. Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran

    Omid Hajrasouliha & Ali Rezaei Latifi

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Hassanzadeh, S., Hajrasouliha, O. & Latifi, A.R. The Role of Wind in Modeling of Oil Pollution Transport and Diffusion in the Persian Gulf. Environ Model Assess 21, 721–730 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-016-9526-2

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