Comparison of 5 oilweathering models

Within the project CALPREA at RIKZ application of reliable oil spill models and oil data bases is an important issue. An oil spill model contains in general a transport module, an oil weathering module, an oil data base, and possibly a user-friendly graphical user interface. Recently, de Jong (2004) has made a study of four particle models for transport of floating and dissolved substances (DemWaq, DREAM, GNOME and SIMPAR) within CALPREA. The present report gives a detailed comparison of five pre-selected oilweathering models.