Submersible optical sensors exposed to chemically dispersed crude oil: Wave tank simulations for improved oil spill monitoring

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1803-1810

  Conmy, Robyn N ^a   Coble, Paula G ^b   Farr, James ^c   Wood, A Michelle ^d,j   Lee, Kenneth ^e,k   Pegau, W Scott ^f   Walsh, Ian D ^g   Koch, Corey R ^g   Abercrombie, Mary I ^b   Miles, M Scott ^h   Lewis, Marlon R ⁱ   Ryan, Scott A ^e   Robinson, Brian J ^e   King, Thomas L ^e   Kelble, Christopher R ^d   Lacoste, Jordanna ⁱ  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^f Oil Spill Recovery Institute   (United States)

^g WET Labs Inc   (United States)

^h LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^k CSIRO   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUOROMETRY; MEXICO; OIL SPILL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; WATER FLOW; WEATHER;

BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; MEXICO; OPTICAL DEVICES; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; TOLUENE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WEATHER; XYLENES;

EID: 84893561339     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404206y     Document Type: Article

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