Interactive Spatiotemporal Analysis of Oil Spills Using Comap in North Dakota

Informatics

Gokhan Egilmez¹  EunSu Lee²  Yong Shin Park³  Hamad Al-Qublan³ 

[1] Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, USA;Management Department, School of Business, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ 07311, USA;Transportation and Logistics Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA;

关键词: spatiotemporal analysis;    comap;    hazardous material release;    Kernel density;   

DOI  :  10.3390/informatics3020004

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of the study is to analyze the oil spill pattern from various types of incidents and contaminants to determine the extent that incident data can be used as a baseline to prevent hazardous material releases and improve response activities at a state level. This study addresses the importance of collecting and sharing oil spill incidents as well as analytics using the data. Temporal, spatial and spatiotemporal analysis techniques are employed for the oil-spill related environmental incidents observed in the state of North Dakota, United States of America, from 2000 to 2014, as a result of the oil boom. Specifically, spatiotemporal methods are used to examine how the patterns of environmental incidents in North Dakota, which vary with the time of day, the day, the month, and the season. Results indicate that there were critical spatial and time variations in the distribution of environmental incidents. Application of spatiotemporal interaction visualization techniques, called comap has the potential to help planners and decision makers formulate policy to mitigate the risks associated with environmental incidents, improve safety, and allocate resources.

【 授权许可】

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