Simulations of underwater plumes of dissolved oil in the Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Adcroft, Alistair ^a,b   Hallberg, Robert ^b   Dunne, John P ^b   Samuels, Bonita L ^b   Galt, J A ^b   Barker, Christopher H ^b   Payton, Debra ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DECAY (ORGANIC); METHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

BIOLOGICAL DECAY; CLIMATE MODEL; DECAY RATE; DEEPWATER; GULF OF MEXICO; MICROBIAL OXIDATION; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; OXIDATION OF METHANE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POINT SOURCES; SHEARED CURRENTS; SUPPLY RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TOXIC LEVELS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

DISSOLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROCARBON; HYPOXIA; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODEL TEST; OIL SPILL; OXIDATION; PLUME; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 77957702705     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044689     Document Type: Article

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