Document - Environmental decision support systems for monitoring small scale oil spills: existing solutions, best practices and current challenges

2019

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Environmental decision support systems for monitoring small scale oil spills: existing solutions, best practices and current challenges

Moroni D., Pieri G., Tampucci M.

Decision support systems signal integration environmental monitoring Ocean Engineering marine information systems Proactive systems [ SDE.IE ] Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering proactive systems [ INFO.INFO-AI ] Computer Science [cs]/Artificial Intelligence [cs.AI] decision support systems Oil spills Civil and Structural Engineering Water Science and Technology Marine information systems Environmental monitoring Signal integration oil spills

In recent years, large oil spills have received widespread media attention, while small and micro oil spills are usually only acknowledged by the authorities and local citizens who are directly or indirectly affected by these pollution events. However, small oil spills represent the vast majority of oil pollution events. In this paper, multiple oil spill typologies are introduced, and existing frameworks and methods used as best practices for facing them are reviewed and discussed. Specific tools based on information and communication technologies are then presented, considering in particular those which can be used as integrated frameworks for the specific challenges of the environmental monitoring of smaller oil spills. Finally, a prototype case study actually designed and implemented for the management of existing monitoring resources is reported. This case study helps improve the discussion over the actual challenges of early detection and support to the responsible parties and stakeholders in charge of intervention and remediation operations.

Source: Journal of marine science and engineering 7 (2019). doi:10.3390/jmse7010019

Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel

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@article{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:398653,
	title = {Environmental decision support systems for monitoring small scale oil spills: existing solutions, best practices and current challenges},
	author = {Moroni D. and Pieri G. and Tampucci M.},
	publisher = {Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel },
	doi = {10.3390/jmse7010019},
	journal = {Journal of marine science and engineering},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2019}
}