title: Pollution risk assessment of oil spill accidents in Garorim Bay of Korea.
abstract: This study presents a model to assess the oil spill risk in Garorim Bay in Korea, where large-scale oil spill accidents frequently occur. The oil spill risk assessment is carried out by using two factors: 1) The impact probability of the oil spill, and 2) the first impact time of the oil that has been spilt. The risk assessment is conducted for environmentally sensitive areas, such as the coastline and aquaculture farms in the Garorim Bay area. Finally, Garorim Bay is divided into six subareas, and the risks of each subarea are compared with one another to identify the subarea that is most vulnerable to an oil spill accident. These results represent an objective and comprehensive oil spill risk level for a specific region. The prediction of the oil spill spread is based on real-time sea conditions and can be improved by integrating our results, especially when sea conditions are rapidly changing.
authors.affiliation: Maritime Safety Research Division, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, KIOST, Daejeon 305-343, Republic of Korea; Ocean Science and Technology (OST) School, KMOU/KIOST Joint Program, Busan 606-791, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Moonjin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Ocean Science and Technology (OST) School, KMOU/KIOST Joint Program, Busan 606-791, Republic of Korea; Technology Center for Offshore Plant Industries, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, KIOST, Daejeon 305-343, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jungjy73@kriso.re.kr.
authors.forename: Jung-Yeul
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D061006:Bays; D004777:Environment; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D059392:Petroleum Pollution; D056910:Republic of Korea; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Aquaculture farm; Coastline; Impact probability; Impact time; Oil spill accident; Pollution risk assessment