Research Article

Mathematical Physics Modelling and Prediction of Oil Spill Trajectory for a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) System

Table 1

Wind frequency (hindcasted wind data from Oceanweather).

Wind speed (m/s)0°N30°N60°N90°N120°N150°N180°N210°N240°N270°N300°N330°NTotal

0–30.57%0.74%1.20%1.52%1.64%1.63%1.62%1.40%0.89%0.48%0.40%0.41%12.5%
3–50.71%1.41%5.05%4.90%3.06%2.96%5.17%4.83%1.68%0.42%0.35%0.52%31.1%
5–70.64%1.07%4.06%1.29%0.39%0.57%2.84%8.77%2.07%0.15%0.13%0.67%22.7%
7–90.31%0.49%1.22%0.12%0.02%0.03%0.48%9.70%1.66%0.01%0.02%0.68%14.7%
9–110.09%0.09%0.15%0.01%0.00%0.01%0.03%8.30%1.13%0.00%0.01%0.48%10.3%
11–130.01%0.01%0.02%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%5.56%0.72%0.00%0.00%0.12%6.5%
13–150.01%0.01%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%1.92%0.32%0.00%0.00%0.01%2.3%
Total2.45%3.8%11.7%7.8%5.1%5.2%10.1%40.5%8.5%1.2%0.9%2.9%100%