ESTIMATING OIL-SPILL CHARACTERISTICS FROM OIL HEADS IN SCATTERED MONITORING WELLS

Authors
COOKE R MOSTAGHIMI S PARKER JC
Citation
R. Cooke et al., ESTIMATING OIL-SPILL CHARACTERISTICS FROM OIL HEADS IN SCATTERED MONITORING WELLS, Environmental monitoring and assessment, 28(1), 1993, pp. 33-51
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Environmental monitoring and assessment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01676369
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
33 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-6369(1993)28:1<33:EOCFOH>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The results are presented of a comparison of four different methods of interpolating observed hydrocarbon depths in monitoring wells, as wel l as a comparison of different methods of selecting sampling points fo r interpolation. The results provide criteria for selecting one interp olation method over another, under different scenarios. The methods an alyzed are: (1) inverse-distance weighting; (2) punctual kriging; (3) minimum surface curvature; and (4) Akima's quintic polynomial.