Ocean Circulation Lab
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Surface Oil Slick Transported Along with Ocean Currents in the Gulf of Mexico


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This movie shows Deepwater Horizon surface oil slick tranported along with ocean currents in the Gulf of Mexico during April - July 2010. The satellite-inferred oil slick are analyzed by Dr. Chuanmin Hu of USF Optical Oceanogrpahy Laboratory. The altimetry-derived surface geostrophic currents are extracted from a product of USF Ocean Circulation Group, which is based the AVISO gridded sea level anomaly. The sea surface temperature is also an OI product of USF Ocean Circulation Group. Questions or comments, please contact Prof. Robert H. Weisberg or Dr. Yonggang Liu.


Other Deepwater Horizon oil spill related research products:


 See a movie of all drifters (including inactive) recently deployed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

See multiple-model ensemble forecast of surface oil trajectory in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

See archived surface oil trajectory forecast in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Related publications:

Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, C. Hu, and L. Zheng, 2011: Tracking the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: A modeling perspective, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 92(6), 45-46, doi: 10.1029/2010ES003187.

Liu, Y., and R.H. Weisberg, 2011: Evaluation of trajectory modeling in different dynamic regions using normalized cumulative Lagrangian separation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C09013, doi:10.1029/2010JC006837.

Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, C. Hu, C. Kovach, and R. Riethmüller, 2011: Evolution of the Loop Current system during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event as observed with drifters and satellites, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, 195, 91-101, doi:10.1029/2011GM001127.

Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, C. Hu, and L. Zheng, 2011: Trajectory forecast as a rapid response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, 195, 153-165, doi:10.1029/2011GM001121.

Liu, Y., A. MacFadyen, Z.-G. Ji, and R.H. Weisberg (Editors), 2011: Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 195, 271 PP., ISSN: 0065-8448, ISBN 978-0-87590-485-6. AGU/geopress, Washington, D.C.





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The analyses/data are research products under development. No warranty is made, expressed or implied, regarding accuracy, or regarding the suitability for any particular application. All rights reserved University of South Florida. Copyright University of South Florida 04/30/2011.

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