POLEMICAL ARTICLE ON THE STUDY RESULTS “AN APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS THAT DETERMINE THE DELAY IN RESPONSE TO MARINE OIL SPILLS IN THE ARCTIC ZONE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION”

AUTHORS: Donchenko, V.K., Gusev, A.V., Ivanchin, A.A., Mansurov, M.N., Zatsepa, S.N., Ivchenko, A.A., Knizhnikov, À.Y., Solbakov, V.V., Blinovskaya, Y.Y.

ORGANIZATIONS: N. N. Zubov’s State Oceanographic Institute, Central Marine Research and Design Institute, Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics of RAS, St. Petersburg Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Far Eastern Federal University, KNTC for the Development of Offshore Oil and Gas Resources OP Gazprom VNIIGAZ MO

DOI: 10.25283/2223-4594-2023-pw1

UDC: 502.3

The article was received on: 11.08.2023

Keywords: Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, oil spill, Northern Sea Route, response gap, hydrometeorological conditions, methodological approach

Bibliographic description: Donchenko, V.K., Gusev, A.V., Ivanchin, A.A., Mansurov, M.N., Zatsepa, S.N., Ivchenko, A.A., Knizhnikov, À.Y., Solbakov, V.V., Blinovskaya, Y.Y. Polemical article on the study results “An approach to the analysis of hydrometeorological conditions that determine the delay in response to marine oil spills in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation”. Arktika: ekologiya i ekonomika. [Arctic: Ecology and Economy], 2023, DOI: 10.25283/2223-4594-2023-pw. (In Russian).

Abstract:

The paper presents a critical analysis of the methodological approach proposed in the article: “Approach to the analysis of hydrometeorological conditions that determine the delay in the response to marine oil spills in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation” (published in the 3^rd Issue of the Journal). The approach predicts likely delays in implementing technical operations to eliminate oil spills, depending on hydrometeorological and geographical conditions in the area of emergency in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation on example of marine areas along the Northern Sea Route.

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