Arctic Tracer Release Experiment (ARCTREX) : applications for mapping spilled oil in Arctic waters : final report to the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management /

Oil exploration and increased shipping traffic in Arctic waters significantly elevate the risk of oil spills. The Arctic Tracer Release Experiment (ARCTREX) was designed to test the ability of available observational technology to sample a simulated oil spill in the Chukchi Sea and to transmit data...

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Main Authors:	Winsor, Peter, 1969- (Author), Simmons, Harper (Author), Chant, Robert J. (Robert James) (Author)
Corporate Authors:	United States. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, BOEM Alaska Environmental Studies Program, Rutgers University, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Fairbanks, Alaska] : Anchorage, AK : University of Alaska Fairbanks ; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureua of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region, 17 November 2017.
Series:	OCS study ; BOEM 2017-062.
Subjects:	Oil spills > Chukchi Sea > Management. Environmental protection > Chukchi Sea > Management. Environmental protection > Management. Oil spills > Management. Arctic Ocean > Chukchi Sea.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo93640

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Summary:	Oil exploration and increased shipping traffic in Arctic waters significantly elevate the risk of oil spills. The Arctic Tracer Release Experiment (ARCTREX) was designed to test the ability of available observational technology to sample a simulated oil spill in the Chukchi Sea and to transmit data to a shore-based, online emergency management application.
Item Description:	"This collaboration between the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Rutgers University"--Page ii.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 78 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-78).