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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of Oceanography

Project Publications & Presentations

A Coordinated Modeling Approach in Support of Oil Spill Tracking

Journal Articles - 10

2016

Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y., Corcoran, A. A., Lembke, C., Hu, C., Lenes, J. M., & Walsh, J. J. (2016). Karenia brevis blooms on the West Florida Shelf: A comparative study of the robust 2012 bloom and the nearly null 2013 event. Continental Shelf Research, 120, 106-121.

2013

Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y., Lembke, C., Lenes, J. M., & Walsh, J. J. (2014). Why no red tide was observed on the West Florida Continental Shelf in 2010. Harmful Algae, 38, 119-126.

2012

Kourafalou, V. H., & Kang, H. (2012). Florida Current meandering and evolution of cyclonic eddies along the Florida Keys Reef Tract: Are they interconnected?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 117(C5).
Le Hénaff, M., Kourafalou, V. H., Paris, C. B., Helgers, J., Aman, Z. M., Hogan, P. J., & Srinivasan, A. (2012). Surface Evolution of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Patch: Combined Effects of Circulation and Wind-Induced Drift. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(13), 7267-7273.
Zheng, L., & Weisberg, R. H. (2012). Modeling the west Florida coastal ocean by downscaling from the deep ocean, across the continental shelf and into the estuaries. Ocean Modelling, 48, 10-29.

2011

Hu, C., Weisberg, R. H., Liu, Y., Zheng, L., Daly, K. L., English, D. C., Zhao, J., & Vargo, G. A. (2011). Did the northeastern Gulf of Mexico become greener after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(9).
Liu, Y., & Weisberg, R. H. (2011). Evaluation of trajectory modeling in different dynamic regions using normalized cumulative Lagrangian separation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(C9).
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hu, C., & Zheng, L. (2011). Tracking the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Modeling Perspective. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 92(6), 45-46.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hu, C., & Zheng, L. (2011). Satellites, models combine to track Deepwater Horizon oil spill. SPIE Newsroom.
Weisberg, R. H. (2011). Coastal Ocean Pollution, Water Quality, and Ecology. Marine Technology Society Journal, 45(2), 35-42.

Book Whole - 1

2011

Liu, Y., MacFadyen, A., Ji, Z., & Weisberg, R. H. (Eds.) (2011). Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise. American Geophysical Union.

Book Chapters - 4

2011

Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hu, C., Kovach, C., & Riethmüller, R. (2011). Evolution of the Loop Current System During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Event as Observed With Drifters and Satellites. In Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. 91-101) American Geophysical Union.
Liu, Y., MacFadyen, A., Ji, Z., & Weisberg, R. H. (2011). Preface. In Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. vii-null) American Geophysical Union.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hu, C., & Zheng, L. (2011). Trajectory Forecast as a Rapid Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. 153-165) American Geophysical Union.
Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., & Liu, Y. (2011). Tracking Subsurface Oil in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Well Blowout. In Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. 205-215) American Geophysical Union.

Conference Presentations - 8

2014

Weisberg, R. Z., L.; Liu, Y. M., S.; Hu, C. P., & J.; Hollander, D. (2014). Did Deepwater Horizon Hydrocarbons Transit to the West Florida Continental Shelf?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Weisberg, R. Z., L.; Liu, Y. M., S.; Hu, C. P., & J.; Hollander, D. (2014). Did Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbons transit to the West Florida continental Shelf?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014

2012

Le Henaff, M. K., V.H.; Morel, Y. S., & A (2012). Intensification of the Loop Current frontal eddies in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Role of the Topography. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012

2011

Liu, Y. W., & R.H (2011). Combining numerical ocean circulation models with satellite observations in a trajectory forecast system: a rapid response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In SPIE Conference
Morey, S. D., D.; Chassignet, E. M., & I.; Garcia, O. (2011). Objective evaluation of oil spill models using SAR imagery. In AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting

2010

Liu, Y. W., R.H.; Zheng, L. H., & C (2010). Trajectory Forecasts Based on Numerical Ocean Circulation Models and Satellite Observations: A Rapid Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In AGU Fall Meeting
Weisberg, R. L., Y.; Zheng, L. H., & C (2010). The Oil Trajectory: How it behaved in the Gulf of Mexico and why, and where might residual oil be heading?. In Community Surface Dynamic Modeling System Meeting 2010 - Invited Keynote Talk
Weisberg, R. L., Y.; Zheng, L. H., & C.; Lembke, C. (2010). Rapid Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill from University of South Florida: Numerical Models, Remote Sensing, and In-situ Observations. In AGU Annual Meeting
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org