MIDOSS Project Contributors¶
The MIDOSS (Model of Impact of Dilbit and Oil Spills in the Salish Sea) project is lead by:
Susan Allen in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) at the University of British Columbia.
Stephanie Chang in the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia
Haibo Niu in the Department of Engineering at Dalhousie University
Software Development Contributions:
Susan Allen: Lead supervisor, co-developed random_oil_spills.py, co-developed MOHID oil spill fate model, developed post-processing tools.
Rachael Mueller : Post-doctoral fellow in charge of coordinating research groups, supervising students, leading development of the random_oil_spill.py code, managing the selection of oil weathering parameters, developing research, developing methods and code (e.g. random_oil_spills.py), analysing Departement of Ecology data, running MOHID model, analyzing output, developing post-processing tools, documenting information, and presenting research.
Doug Latornell: Developed MOHID modeling platform on Compute Canada machines, managed software implementation, refined and co-developed random_oil_spills.py, provided software development support for the research team, general backbone for keeping all systems a “go”.
Ben Moore-Maley: Evaluated surface wind forcing effects on surface currents
Ashutosh Bhudia: Developed make_hdf5.py code, developed code to re-sample HRDPS and WaveWatch III to SalishSeaCast (MOHID) grid, evaluated surface conditions (e.g.: winds, currents, and tides), ran MOHID model.
Vy Do: Developed modules for random_oil_spill.py, ran MOHID oil spill model, evaluated surface conditions (e.g.: winds, currents, and tides).
Shihan Li: Refined biodegradation parameterization in the MOHID oil spill fate model and developed MOHID to include Salish Sea Cast, HRDPS, and Wave Watch III (R) inputs.
Xiaomei Zhong: Researched Dilbit floculation for developing a Dilbit sedimentation module.
Krista Forysinski: Researched ship and marine terminal information to inform and develop oil attribution.
Cameron Power: Developed GIS platform and AIS data products used in random_oil_spills.py. Implemented origin and destinations attribution of AIS ship tracks in shapefiles. Researched ship and marine terminal information to inform and develop oil attribution.
Casey Hilliard: Developed code for attributing AIS ship tracks with marine terminal origin and destinations.
Ryah Rondolo: Researched past oil spills and developed database used to assign spill fraction from cargo capacity.
Contact information:
Susan Allen <sallen@eoas.ubc.ca>
Stephanie Chang <stephanie.chang@ubc.ca>
Haibo Niu <haibo.niu@dal.ca>
Ben Moore-Maley <bmoorema@eoas.ubc.ca>
Doug Latornell <dlatornell@eoas.ubc.ca>
Rachael Mueller <rmueller@eoas.ubc.ca>
Ashutosh Bhudia <ashu.bhudia@gmail.com>
Vicky Do <vdo@eoas.ubc.ca>