Observations and Modeling to Advance a Louisiana Coastal Circulation and Oil Spill Prediction System
Implementing Organization
Louisiana State University
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$900,000
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 Deepwater Horizon oil spill produced complex patterns of surface oil along the Mississippi River deltaic coast, challenging our current knowledge on the transport and fate of oil and chemicals associated with a release from a deepwater event. The vulnerability of Louisiana's deltaic coastal region to continued operations of oil and gas activities can be reduced by improving predictions of the transport and fate of oil as modified by complex river, current, wind and wave conditions.
Contact
Nan Walker225-578-5331
nwalker@lsu.edu
Project Website
None
www.esl.lsu.edu/research/bp-gulf-research-initiative/