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Flow Structures on the Northern Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico Using Drifters and Underway Velocity Profiles

Implementing Organization

University of Florida

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$46,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Funding Program

Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative GoMRI Grant Program

Details

Project Category

Science

Project Actions

Physical Aspects Research

Targeted Resources

Human and/or Institutional Capacity

Project Description

The proposed research seeks to describe the transport and fate of contaminants, namely oil and oil-derived substances, in Alabama coastal waters. Characterization of transport pathways and estuarine-gulf exchange of mass, momentum, and heat, from the shelf break to the delta, will be achieved through field observations and analysis. Field observations of circulation, water chemistry, and near-surface transport will be conducted through traditional vessel surveys, and GPS-equipped passive drifter releases.

Contact

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
352-392-9537
arnoldo@coastal.ufl.edu
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Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

None

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