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For simulation on the oil evaporation process, the theory of surface evaporation presented in the paper of Warren Stiver and Donald Mackay (1984) is used.
EFDCPlusI EFDCPlus allows for effects of biodegradation of the oil based on user defined biodegradation rate with a simple first order decay approach based on Stewart (1993). A rate of 0.011 per day leads to an approximately two month half-life for oil. If temperature of an oil drifter is provided by the user then this is used as the reference rate for the optimal biodegradation.
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