Automated Mapping of Surface Oil Spill: Surface Physics and Remote Sensing Associated with Movement and Identification of a Slick
Implementing Organization
Florida State University
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$349,314
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
Techniques will be developed to identify the boundaries of surface slicks from satellite scatterometers and to better model the transport of surface oil. Satellite observations alone are often too sparse in time and irregular in space to determine the location of surface oil with the fine resolution in both space and time desired for many applications; and models of surface transport have substantial errors. These approaches, which are interconnected through physics of air/sea interaction, will be combined to improve our ability to properly locate evolving oil spills.
Contact
Mark Allen Bourassa850-645-4788
bourassa@coaps.fsu.edu
Project Website
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