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Course Name	Turkish	Denizde Petrol Yayılımının Modellemesi, Analizi ve Mücadele Yöntemleri
	English	Oil Spill Modeling.,Analysis & Response Techniques
Course Code	DTM 532E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Şafak Nur Ertürk Bozkurtoğlu
Course Objectives		The main goal of this course is to 1. emphasize the importance of oil spills as a part of the Ocean Engineering curriculum, 2. introdue oil spill trajectory and fate models, 3. create a foundation for preparing oil spill contingency and intervention plans, 4. raise awareness of cleanup and protection measures at oilspill areas
Course Description		Modeling of trajectory and fate of oil spills. Oil spill movement in coastal seas. Evolution of oil trajectory, fate and impact assessment models. Preparing for oil spills, contingency planning and in-situ countermeasures. Experimental and laboratory analysis. Shoreline protection and cleanup. Risk assessment. Field experiments.Remote sensing. Cleanup measures. Case studies..
Course Outcomes		M.Sc. students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skill and competency in the following subjects; I. Oilspill trajectory and fate models, II. Oilspill movement in coastal seas, III. Oilspill trajectory and environmental impacts IV. Preparing for oilspill accidents, V. Contingency and intervension plans, VI. Shoreline protection and cleanup
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Textbook		Oil Spill Science and Technology, Mervin Fingas (Ed.), 2011, Elsevier Inc. ISBN: 978-1-85617-943-0
Other References		Oil and Hyrdocarbon Spills, Modelling, Analysis and Control, WIT Press, 1998., ISBN: 1-85312-5261

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