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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Member Institutions

Effects of Turbulence and Waves on the Dispersion, Transport and Fate of Oil Droplets in the Upper Ocean: A Large Eddy Simulation Study

Louisiana State University

College of the Coast and Environment

Weiyuan Dong
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Junhong Liang
Principal Investigator,
Project Data Point of Contact
Jinliang Liu
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Jianguo Yuan
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Mark Benfield
Co-Principal Investigator
Haixia Shan
Research Scientist

University of California Los Angeles

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

James C. McWilliams
Co-Principal Investigator

University of Maryland

Center for Environmental Science

Kenneth "Kenny" Rose
Co-Principal Investigator
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org