Evaluation of possible inputs of oil from the deepwater horizon spill to the loop current and associated eddies in the gulf of mexico

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 195, Issue , 2011, Pages 83-90

  Wade, Terry L ^a   Sweet, Stephen T ^a   Walpert, John N ^a   Sericano, José L ^a   Singer, James J ^b   Guinasso Jr , Norman L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sci Applic Intl Corp (SAIC)   (United States)

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EID: 84895931080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GM001095     Document Type: Article

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