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This coming hurricane season, NOAA's
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory (AOML) will be standing by, ready to deploy Lagrangian surface drifters in targeted
nearshore (shallow-water) regions of the Gulf of Mexico should major tropical systems
affect the region.
Along with satellite data analysis (color, SST and
altimetric), oceanographic cruises and model analysis, these data will help scientists
from AOML and the
University of Miami
assess of the downstream threat posed by coastal
pollution related to Gulf coast hurricane landfalls.
As of
no hurricane response deployments have been made.
Following the passage of a major hurricane through
the Gulf of Mexico region, sea deployments will be made by NOAA, contract, and
volunteer vessels (coordinated by NOAA NMFS);
and air deployments will be made with help from the U.S. Coast Guard.
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