Decision support system for emergency management of oil spill accidents in the Mediterranean Sea

Liubartseva, Svitlana; Coppini, Giovanni; Pinardi, Nadia; De Dominicis, Michela; Lecci, Rita; Turrisi, Giuseppe; Cretì, Sergio; Martinelli, Sara; Agostini, Paola; Marra, Palmalisa; Palermo, Francesco

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2009-2016

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Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

Research article

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30 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 30 Aug 2016

Decision support system for emergency management of oil spill accidents in the Mediterranean Sea

Svitlana Liubartseva, Giovanni Coppini, Nadia Pinardi, Michela De Dominicis, Rita Lecci, Giuseppe Turrisi, Sergio Cretì, Sara Martinelli, Paola Agostini, Palmalisa Marra, and Francesco Palermo

Data sets

MEDSLIK-II Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy http://medslikii.bo.ingv.it

Mediterranean sea physics analysis and forecast Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy http://marine.copernicus.eu/services-portfolio/access-to-products/?option=com_csw&task=results&simplesearch=ok&advancedsearch-geographical_area[]=advancedsearch-geographical_area-mediterranean-sea

Short summary

An innovative fully operational 24/7 web-based decision support system, WITOIL (Where Is The Oil), has been developed to support oil pollution response. The system meets the real-time requirements in terms of performance and dynamic service delivery. Comprehensive computational resources and network bandwidth efficiently support the multi-user regime. The eight-language graphical user interface incorporates a great variety of user services, e.g., help and support, tooltips, and video tutorials.