讲座简介：

Increasing oil and gas activities lead to increased risk of marine oil spill. The recent example of Deepwater Horizon oil spill has shown that the oil spill is difficult to response and reliable oil spill models are needed to predict the movement, fate and environmental effects of the spilled oil. However, major research gaps exist in oil-mineral-aggregates formation, subsurface blowouts, oil-ice interaction, etc. Due to the lack of data collected at fields, we carry out meso-scale experiments with a 30 m wave tank and obtain various parameters of hydrodynamics and chemical processes. Mathematical descriptions of these processes are developed based on analysis of laboratory data, and are then integrated into existing three-dimensional oil spill models to improve our ability to better predict the fate/transport processes spilled oil in the marine environment.  

主讲人简介：

达尔豪斯大学是加拿大东部主要的综合性 大学，在海洋教学与科研方面在全加力量最强， 承担重要的大型科研项目。牛海波博士是该校农学院工程系以及理学 院海洋系助理教授。其专业方向是海上溢油输运和变化的机理和模型研究。承担加拿大海洋环境保护的基金项目，并 于贝德福德海洋研究所保持长期密切合作。