On the movement of Deepwater Horizon Oil to northern Gulf beaches

Weisberg, Robert H.; Lianyuan, Zheng; Liu, Yonggang

doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.002

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On the movement of Deepwater Horizon Oil to northern Gulf beaches

2017
By Weisberg, Robert H. ; Lianyuan, Zheng ; Liu, Yonggang
Source: Ocean Modelling, 111, 81-97

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Ocean Modelling
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Weisberg, Robert H. ; Lianyuan, Zheng ; Liu, Yonggang

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Surface oil of Deepwater Horizon origin sullied the northern Gulf of Mexico marshes and beaches from Louisiana to Florida. The Mississippi to Florida beaches were particularly impacted during the month of June 2010. We review the evolution of the surface oil as it approached the beach and then consider the mechanisms of transport. Both the ocean circulation and ocean waves are found to be important. The circulation appears to control the transport of surface oil in deep waters and over most of the continental shelf. But as oil approaches shallow water the wave orientation may become more conducive than the circulation orientation for transporting oil to the beach. In essence it is found that the circulation gets the oil to the vicinity of the beach, whereas the waves, via Stokes drift, are responsible for the actual beaching of oil. A combination of observations and numerical model simulations are used to demonstrate this.
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Atmospheric Science Computer Science (miscellaneous) Geotechnical Engineering And Engineering Geology Oceanography
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Ocean Modelling, 111, 81-97
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.002
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Grant no. NA15NOS4780174 ; Grant no. NA16NOS0120028

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