Wave-Current Online Information System for Oil Spill Contingency Planning
Gregory W. Stone, Ph.D.,
Ping Wang, Ph.D
Department of Oceanography
& Coastal Sciences
Louisiana State University
Disclaimer
This report was prepared under contract
between Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Applied and Educational
Oil Spill Research and Development Program (OSRADP). The contents of this
document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Louisiana
Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office—Office of the Governor or that of the Louisiana
Applied and Educational Oil Spill Research and Development Program, nor
does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement
or recommendation for use by the state of Louisiana.
Report Availibility
Additional copies of this report
may be obtained by writing to:
The Louisiana Applied and Educational
Oil Spill Research and Development Program
2001 Deliverables
258 A/B Military Science Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
Telephone Number: (225) 388-3477
FAX Number (225) 388-0403
or from
The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator/Office
of the Governor
624 N. 4th Street, Suite 800
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Telephone Number: (225) 219-5800
FAX Number (225) 219-5802
Citation
Stone, G.W. and P. Wang. 2000
Wave-current online information system for oil spill contingency planning.
Louisiana Applied and Educational Oil Spill Research and Development Program,
OSRADP Technical Report Series
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the Field
Support Group in the Coastal Studies Institute for assistance in developing
the WAVCIS program. Thanks also to Ph.D. students Brian Alleva and David
Pepper for assistance in the laboratory and field. Xiongping Zhang assisted
in all web-based and data processing, and we thank Mary Lee Eggard and
Clifford Duplechin for their cartographic work. This project has been funded
by the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office; the Louisiana Department
of Natural Resources; the Coastal Wetland, Planning and Protection Act;
the Louisiana Board of Regents; the Center for Coastal Energy and Environmental
Resources (LSU); the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the United States
Army Corps of Engineers; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and the National Park service. We acknowledge the cooperation of
Texaco and the Louisiana University Marine Consortium for platform use.
