Oil Transport Models and Marine Pollution Impacts
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Environmental Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 148
Special Issue Editors
Interests: transport and fate model (STFM); South Atlantic Ocean Routes; ocean pollution; oil dumping; oil spill
Interests: water quality; oceanography; effluent quality; environmental stressors
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Interests: water pollution; hydrodynamic modeling; water quality modeling
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Interests: physical oceanography; ocean currents and circulation; ocean modeling; coastal oceanography; numerical modeling; coastal processes hydrodynamics; ocean environment; marine geology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The expansion of oil production and shipping has intensified concerns over oceanic oil discharges—whether accidental spills or intentional dumping—and their ecological consequences. In this context, oil spill models play a central role in understanding the fate and behavior of hydrocarbons released into the marine environment. These models are essential not only for preventing coastal environmental impacts but also for tracking the origins of oil slicks and identifying the vessels responsible for illegal dumping.
This Special Issue aims to collate recent advances and emerging approaches in the development and application of oil transport models. Topics of interest include the modeling of physical and chemical weathering processes, integration with high-resolution hydrodynamic and atmospheric datasets, the use of machine learning or AI techniques, data assimilation, coupling with ecosystem models, the assessment of impacts, and validation strategies. This Special Issue also welcomes the submission of contributions that present real-world case studies or address multi-model ensembles, uncertainty quantification, and the integration of modeling outputs into operational decision-making processes during emergency response situations.
We particularly encourage submissions that describe the current state of model development, possible upgrades or planned enhancements, and discuss the implementation of oil spill models within regulatory frameworks or contingency planning systems.
By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and highlighting practical applications, this Special Issue aims to support both scientific progress and the operational capacity of stakeholders involved in marine pollution prevention, mitigation, and response.
Dr. Daniel Constantino Zacharias
Prof. Dr. Georgios Sylaios
Dr. Yang Song
Dr. Angelo Teixeira Lemos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oil spill model
- oil dumping
- oil weathering models
- marine environmental impacts
- response planning
- transport and fate models
- applications of machine learning in oil spills
- remote sensing and validation
- applications of AI in decision-support systems
- coastal and offshore monitoring
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