The influence of droplet size and biodegradation on the transport of subsurface oil droplets during the Deepwater Horizon spill: A model sensitivity study

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  North, Elizabeth W ^a   Adams, E Eric ^b   Thessen, Anne E ^c,h   Schlag, Zachary ^a   He, Ruoying ^d   Socolofsky, Scott A ^e   Masutani, Stephen M ^f   Peckham, Scott D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c The Data Detektiv   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h RONIN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

biodegradation; deepwater horizon; hydrocarbon transport; hydrodynamic model; lagrangian model; oil droplets

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); DROPS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SHALE; OIL SPILLS;

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILLS; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; OIL DROPLETS; SUBSURFACE TRANSPORT;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; DEEP WATER; DROPLET; HYDROCARBON; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; OIL SPILL; PLUME; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84923798005     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/2/024016     Document Type: Article

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