“…Some previous studies integrated atmospheric and hydrodynamic datasets with the full oil spill transport and fate models (French et al, 1999;Abascal et al, 2010;Daniel et al, 2011;Singkran, 2013;Zelenke et al, 2012). Others used simplified oil spill models (Olita et al, 2012) or replaced oil by a system of passive tracers (Price et al, 2003(Price et al, , 2004Galt and Payton, 1999;Barker and Galt, 2000;Samuels et al, 2013;Pizzigalli et al, 2007). Although in some studies oil spill models were not used (Ronza et al, 2006;Grifoll et al, 2010), they nonetheless suggested useful approaches to assess hazards and risks that arise from operational oil discharges http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.039 0025-326X/Ó 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.…”