Performance Measures for Validation of Oil Spill Dispersion Models Based on Satellite and Coastal Data

This article presents a set of performance metrics, whose purpose is to provide a quantitative measure of the ability of oil spill dispersion models to simulate real-world oil spills. The metrics are described in detail and are applied to the output from an existing oil spill model for two specific case studies. The metrics in question make use of both satellite imagery and coastal impact reports ...