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

Project Publications & Presentations

Effects of Mesoscale Eddies on Three-Dimensional Oil Dispersion: Data Integration, Interpretation and Implications for Oil Spill Models

Journal Articles - 10

2021

Ainsworth, C. H., Chassignet, E. P., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C. J., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., et al. (2021). Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Modelling & Software, 142, 105070.
Huang, M., Liang, X., Zhu, Y., Liu, Y., & Weisberg, R. H. (2021). Eddies Connect the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Geophys Res Lett, 48(4), e2020GL091277.
Solo-Gabriele, H. M., Fiddaman, T., Mauritzen, C., Ainsworth, C., Abramson, D. M., Berenshtein, I., et al. (2021). Towards integrated modeling of the long-term impacts of oil spills. Marine Policy, 131, 104554.

2020

Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., & Zheng, L. (2020). Impacts of Hurricane Irma on the Circulation and Transport in Florida Bay and the Charlotte Harbor Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 43, 1194–1216.
Yang, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Liu, Y., & San Liang, X. (2020). Instabilities and Multiscale Interactions Underlying the Loop Current Eddy Shedding in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50(5), 1289–1317.
Zhu, Y., & Liang, X. (2020). Coupling of the Surface and Near-Bottom Currents in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125(11).

2019

Chiri, H., Abascal, A. J., Castanedo, S., Antolínez, J. A. A., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., et al. (2019). Statistical simulation of ocean current patterns using autoregressive logistic regression models: A case study in the Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Modelling, 136, 1–12.
Meza-Padilla, R., Enriquez, C., Liu, Y., & Appendini, C. M. (2019). Ocean Circulation in the Western Gulf of Mexico Using Self-Organizing Maps. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124(6), 4152–4167.
Zhang, Y., Hu, C., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., & Kourafalou, V. H. (2019). Submesoscale and Mesoscale Eddies in the Florida Straits: Observations from Satellite Ocean Color Measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46(22), 13262–13270.

2018

Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Law, J., & Huang, B. (2018). Evaluation of satellite-derived SST products in identifying the rapid temperature drop on the West Florida Shelf associated with hurricane Irma. MTS, 52(3), 43–50.

Conference Presentations - 18

2020

Liang, X., & Zhu, Y. (2020). Near-Inertial Currents in the Deep Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Liu, Y., & Weisberg, R. H. (2020). Deep Ocean Interactions with the West Florida Shelf: the Role of the “Pressure Point” on Both Across Shelf Transport and the Penetration of the Loop Current into the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20.
Weisberg, R. H., & Liu, Y. (2020). The West Florida Shelf pressure point control on shelf ecology and Loop Current penetration into the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Yang, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Liu, Y., & Liang, X. S. (2020). Instabilities and multiscale interactions underlying the Loop Current eddy shedding in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Yang, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Liu, Y., & Liang, X. S. (2020). Instabilities and multiscale interactions underlying the Loop Current eddy shedding in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Zhu, Y., & Liang, X. (2020). Spatial and temporal variations of near-inertial currents in the deep Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Zhu, Y., & Liang, X. (2020). Statistical Characteristics of Surface Mesoscale Eddies in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Li, Y. (2019). Impacts of match-mismatch between local and remote forcings on the occurrence of Florida red tide. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hubbard, K., Garrett, M., Chen, J., & Zheng, L. (2019). Short-Term and Seasonal Forecast of Harmful Algal Blooms on the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Coast. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Zhu, Y., & Liang, X. (2019). Coupling of Surface and Deep-Ocean Currents in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Zhu, Y., & Liang, X. (2019). Impacts of Mesoscale Eddies on Deep-Ocean Currents in the Gulf of Mexico. In US CLIVAR Sources and Sinks Ocean Mesoscale Eddy Energy Workshop. Talahassee, FL : 03/12/19-03/14/19: Poster.

2018

Chen, J., Weisberg, R. H., Liu, Y., & Zheng, L. (2018). The Tampa Bay Coastal Ocean Model (TBCOM) performance for Hurricane Irma. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18.
Li, Y. (2018). Impacts of shelf circulation on the seed population of red tide on the West Florida Shelf. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Liang, X. (2018). Influence of Mesoscale Eddies on the Deep Ocean Mixing over the East Pacific Rise. In 2018 Ocean Mixing Gordon Research Conference. Andover, NH : 06/03/18-06/08/18.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hubbard, K., Garrett, M., Chen, J., & Zheng, L. (2018). Short-Term and Seasonal Forecasts of Harmful Algal Blooms on the West Florida Shelf. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Vignudelli, S., & Mitchum, G. T. (2018). Dual Self-Organizing Map (SOM) and joint SOM-wavelet analyses: An application in the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current system. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., & Zheng, L. (2018). Northeastern Gulf of Mexico coastal ocean response to Hurricane Michael. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.
Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., & Liu, Y. (2018). On the Movement of Deepwater Horizon Oil to Northern Gulf Beaches. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org