Project Page

Southeastern Gulf of Mexico Processes Affecting Basin-Wide Connectivity and Hydrocarbon Transport: the Role of Mesoscale Eddies and Upwelling Near Cuba

Implementing Organization

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$5,999,928

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

Environmental Research

Targeted Resources

Air-Sea Interactions

Project Description

The specific novel processes in the southeastern GoM that the proposed study will focus on are geographically linked to the core of the Loop Current (LC) "base" off northwestern Cuba: 1) The development and evolution of mesoscale anticyclonic eddies, named CubAN eddies (closed circulation cells within a retracted LC or advected eastward, along the northern coast of Cuba), 2) The influence of (a) cyclonic LC frontal eddies and (b) cold filaments induced by air-sea interaction (wind-driven upwelling) on CubAN evolution and the resulting implications on basin-wide LC variability. The overarching study objective is to answer the questions that have not been previously addressed.

Contact

Villy Kourafalou
None
vkourafalou@rsmas.miami.edu
Project Website
Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

None

+ View Raw Data