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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Publications & Presentations

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

Journal Articles - 4
2021
Chor, T., McWilliams, J. C., & Chamecki, M. (2021). Modifications to the K-Profile Parameterization with Nondiffusive Fluxes for Langmuir Turbulence. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(5), 1503–1521.
Yuan, J., & Liang, J. - H. (2021). Wind- and Wave-Driven Ocean Surface Boundary Layer in a Frontal Zone: Roles of Submesoscale Eddies and Ekman?Stokes Transport. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(8), 2655–2680.
2019
Liu, J., Liang, J. - H., Xu, K., Chen, Q., & Ozdemir, C. E. (2019). Modeling sediment flocculation in Langmuir turbulence. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124(11), 7883–7907.
2018
Liang, J. - H., Wan, X., Rose, K. A., Sullivan, P. P., & McWilliams, J. C. (2018). Horizontal Dispersion of Buoyant Materials in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 48(9), 2103–2125.
Conference Presentations - 6
2019
Liang, J. - H. (2019). The Vertical Distribution and Horizontal Dispersion of Buoyant Materials in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Liu, J., Liang, J. - H., Xu, K., Chen, Q., & Ozdemir, E. (2019). Modeling sediment flocculation in Langmuir turbulence. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Liu, J., Liang, J. - H., Xu, K., Chen, Q., & Ozdemir, E. (2019). Modeling sediment flocculation in Langmuir turbulence. In Gordon Research Conference on Advances in Coastal and Estuarine Physics from Nearshore to Continental-Margin Scales. Manchester, NH : 06/16/19-06/21/19: Poster.
2018
Liang, J. - H., McWilliams, J. C., Rose, K. A., & Benfield, M. (2018). Effects of Turbulence and Waves on the Dispersion, Transport and Fate of Oil Droplets in the Upper Ocean: A Large Eddy Simulation Study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Liang, J. - H., Wan, X., Rose, K. A., Sullivan, P. P., & McWilliams, J. C. (2018). Horizontal Dispersion of Buoyant Materials in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Liang, J. - H., Wan, X., Rose, K. A., Sullivan, P. P., & McWilliams, J. C. (2018). Horizontal Dispersion of Buoyant Materials in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.

This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org