Marine emergencies especially oil spill may bring irreversible harm to the marine environment,and will cause immeasurable economic losses.In recent years,the demand for crude oil is increasing year by year in China wi...Marine emergencies especially oil spill may bring irreversible harm to the marine environment,and will cause immeasurable economic losses.In recent years,the demand for crude oil is increasing year by year in China with the high-speed economic development,leading to the high risk of marine oil spill.Therefore,it is necessary that promoting emergency response on marine oil spill in China and improving oil spill forecasting and early-warning techniques.This paper introduces the Marine Emergency Forecasting and Early-warning System(MEFES)developed by National Marine Data and Information Service(NMDIS).The system consists of one database,two modelling subsystems and a GIS platform.The database is the marine emergency database,and two subsystems include the marine environmental forecasting subsystem and the oil spill behaviour forecasting subsystem.MEFES has been applied in the emergency response of some major oil spill accidents occurred in recent years.The operational applications of the system can provide some theoretical basis and reference for marine oil spill emergency response.展开更多
文摘Marine emergencies especially oil spill may bring irreversible harm to the marine environment,and will cause immeasurable economic losses.In recent years,the demand for crude oil is increasing year by year in China with the high-speed economic development,leading to the high risk of marine oil spill.Therefore,it is necessary that promoting emergency response on marine oil spill in China and improving oil spill forecasting and early-warning techniques.This paper introduces the Marine Emergency Forecasting and Early-warning System(MEFES)developed by National Marine Data and Information Service(NMDIS).The system consists of one database,two modelling subsystems and a GIS platform.The database is the marine emergency database,and two subsystems include the marine environmental forecasting subsystem and the oil spill behaviour forecasting subsystem.MEFES has been applied in the emergency response of some major oil spill accidents occurred in recent years.The operational applications of the system can provide some theoretical basis and reference for marine oil spill emergency response.
