Simulating surface oil transport during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Experiments with the BioCast system

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-99

  Jolliff, Jason Keith ^a   Smith, Travis A ^a   Ladner, Sherwin ^a   Arnone, Robert A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Ocean circulation; Oil spill model; Pollutant simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894341163     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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