Surface evolution of the deepwater horizon oil spill patch: Combined effects of circulation and wind-induced drift

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7267-7273

  Le Hénaff, Matthieu ^a   Kourafalou, Vassiliki H ^a   Paris, Claire B ^a   Helgers, Judith ^a,b   Aman, Zachary M ^c   Hogan, Patrick J ^d   Srinivasan, Ashwanth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DEEPWATER; FLORIDA; FORECASTING CAPABILITY; GULF OF MEXICO; LOOP CURRENT; MODELING APPROACH; OCEAN SURFACES; OIL PARTICLES; PREVAILING WINDS; SOUTH FLORIDA; SURFACE EVOLUTION; TIME RANGE;

OCEAN CURRENTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OIL SPILLS;

BLOWOUT; CIRCULATION MODELING; ENERGETICS; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; OIL SPILL;

ARTICLE; GULF OF MEXICO; OIL SPILL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; STRAITS OF FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863508409     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301570w     Document Type: Article

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