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In-situ surface current velocity from ADCP (red vectors) and CTD station markers are shown for the July 2010 survey. Marker colors indicate the station θ-S profile classification as either GCW, LCW, EFCW, Coastal Shelf Water (green), or mixed-interleaved (black). Stations lacking waters denser than σθ = 24.0 kg m-3 are shown as small black dots. Prototype profile locations are indicated by an "x" and an enlarged marker. Letters identify selected sections along the cruise track. Image Credit: NOAA AOML.

Oceanographic conditions in the Gulf of America in July 2010, during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Results from collaborative research conducted by AOML and NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) in response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, were recently published in Continental Shelf Research (December, 2013). PhOD oceanographers R. Smith, E. Johns, G. Goni, J. Trinanes, and R. Lumpkin, in collaboration with other researchers at AOML (M. Wood, C. Kelble, and S. Cummings) and SEFSC (J. Lamkin and S. Privoznik) report on the surface and subsurface connectivity across the eastern Gulf of America (GOM) during July 2010.

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