Submesoscale dispersion in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon spill

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

Volumn 111, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 12693-12698

  Poje, Andrew C ^a   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^b   Lipphardt Jr , Bruce L ^c   Haus, Brian K ^b   Ryan, Edward H ^b   Haza, Angelique C ^b   Jacobs, Gregg A ^d   Reniers, A J H M ^b   Olascoaga, Maria Josefina ^b   Novelli, Guillaume ^b   Griffa, Annalisa ^e   Beron Vera, Francisco J ^b   Chen, Shuyi S ^b   Coelho, Emanuel ^d   Hogan, Patrick J ^d   Kirwan Jr , Albert D ^c   Huntley, Helga S ^c   Mariano, Arthur J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geophysical turbulence; Lagrangian transport; Ocean dispersion; Pollutant patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GULF OF MEXICO; MEASUREMENT; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

GEOPHYSICAL TURBULENCE; LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT; OCEAN DISPERSION; POLLUTANT PATTERNS;

DIFFUSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GULF OF MEXICO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84907228013     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402452111     Document Type: Article

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