Acoustic measurement of the Deepwater Horizon Macondo well flow rate

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 20235-20239

  Camilli, Richard ^a   Di Iorio, Daniela ^b   Bowen, Andrew ^a   Reddy, Christopher M ^a   Techet, Alexandra H ^c   Yoerger, Dana R ^a   Whitcomb, Louis L ^a,d   Seewald, Jeffrey S ^a   Sylva, Sean P ^a   Fenwick, Judith ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyant jet; Buoyant plume; Gulf of Mexico; Oil spill; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; WATER;

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEEPWATER HORIZON; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW RATE; GAS; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REVIEW; SAMPLING; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84870940763     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100385108     Document Type: Review

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