Droplet formation, drift, weathering, and natural dispersion in two North Sea experimental oil spills
Accurate oil spill modelling is crucial for environmental risk assessment and operational preparedness for marine oil spills. Predicting drift, weathering, and droplet sizes in natural dispersion is essential. Existing droplet size models are fitted to laboratory results, and a lack of field data makes it uncertain how well these models apply in real conditions. Here we show for the first time in