Satellite Remote Sensing of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Providing a Context for Shipboard Measurements

Implementing Organization

Louisiana State University

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$37,540

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

Employ real-time acquisitions of satellite imagery and measurements to map the surface extent of the oil in the region of the subsea plume to provide a context for the in-situ data to be collected and analyzed by LSU researchers. A detailed analysis of changes at the surface should relate to events at depth such as changes in sub-sea currents, volumes of oil, or impacts of dispersants on the oil reaching the surface. ;After the leak is plugged, remote sensing data will be needed to assess the motion and degradation of oil.

Contact

Nan Walker
225-578-5331
nwalker@lsu.edu
Project Website

Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

www.esl.lsu.edu