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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

Southeastern Gulf of Mexico Processes Affecting Basin-Wide Connectivity and Hydrocarbon Transport: the Role of Mesoscale Eddies and Upwelling Near Cuba

Journal Articles - 11

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.
Androulidakis, Y., Kourafalou, V., Le Henaff, M., Kang, H., & Ntaganou, N. (2021). The Role of Mesoscale Dynamics over Northwestern Cuba in the Loop Current Evolution in 2010, during the Deepwater Horizon Incident. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 9(2), 188.
Boufadel, M., Bracco, A., Chassignet, E., Chen, S., D'Asaro, E., Dewar, W., et al. (2021). Physical Transport Processes that Affect the Distribution of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Modeling. Oceanog, 34(1), 58–75.
Hole, L. R., de Aguiar, V., Dagestad, K. - F., Kourafalou, V. H., Androulidakis, Y., Kang, H., et al. (2021). Long term simulations of potential oil spills around Cuba. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167, 112285.
Westerholm, D., Ainsworth, C., Barker, C., Brewer, P., Farrington, J., Justic, D., et al. (2021). Preparedness, Planning, and Advances in Operational Response. Oceanog, 34(1), 212–227.

2020

Androulidakis, Y., Kourafalou, V., Le Henaff, M., Kang, H., Ntaganou, N., & Hu, C. (2020). Gulf Stream evolution through the Straits of Florida: the role of eddies and upwelling near Cuba. Ocean Dynamics, 70(8), 1005–1032.
Androulidakis, Y., Kourafalou, V., Robert Hole, L., Le Henaff, M., & Kang, H. S. (2020). Pathways of Oil Spills from Potential Cuban Offshore Exploration: Influence of Ocean Circulation. Jmse, 8(7), 535.
Barker, C. H., Kourafalou, V. H., Beegle-Krause, C., Boufadel, M., Bourassa, M. A., Buschang, S. G., et al. (2020). Progress in Operational Modeling in Support of Oil Spill Response. Jmse, 8(9), 668.
Garcia-Pineda, O., Androulidakis, Y., Le Henaff, M., Kourafalou, V., Hole, L. R., Kang, H. S., et al. (2020). Measuring oil residence time with GPS-drifters, satellites, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110644.
Le Henaff, M., Kourafalou, V. H., Androulidakis, Y., Smith, R. H., Kang, H. S., Hu, C., et al. (2020). In Situ Measurements of Circulation Features Influencing Cross-Shelf Transport Around Northwest Cuba. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125(7).

2019

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.

Conference Presentations - 10

2020

Garcia-Pineda, O., Di Pinto, L., & Tullis, D. (2020). Detection of the Oil Slick from the MC20 Site With Aerial and Satellite Remote Sensing Before and After the Installation of the Containment Dome. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Hole, L. R., Dagestad, K. - F., Kourafalou, V., Aguiar, V. C., Androulidakis, Y., Kang, H., et al. (2020). Pathways of Hydrocarbons From Future Oil Exploration Sites Around Cuba: Influence of Local and Regional Ocean Dynamics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Hu, C., Sun, S., Lu, Y., & Shi, J. (2020). Remote classification of surface oil type and estimation of oil thickness: some recent advances and remaining challenges. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Le Henaff, M., Kourafalou, V., Androulidakis, Y., Smith, R. H., Kang, H., Hu, C., et al. (2020). In situ measurements of circulation features influencing cross-shelf transport around Northwest Cuba. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Lu, Y., Hu, C., Shi, J., Jiao, J., Wu, X., Sun, S., et al. (2020). Optical Interpretation of Oil Emulsions: From Laboratory Measurements to Remote Sensing Applications. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Wang, M., Hu, C., Barnes, B. B., Zapfe, G., Hernandez, F., & Laponite, B. (2020). Interannual variability of Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico and the driving forces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Hole, L., Dagestad, K., Wettre, C., Kourafalou, V. H., Androulidakis, Y. S., Kang, H., et al. (2019). Southeastern Gulf of Mexico processes affecting basin-wide connectivity and hydrocarbon transport: the role of mesoscale eddies and upwelling near Cuba. In OceanPredict 2019. Halifax, Canada : 05/06/19-05/10/19: Poster.
Kourafalou, V. H., Androulidakis, Y. S., Kang, H., & Le Henaff, M. (2019). Predictability in the Straits of Florida: the role of eddies and coastal upwelling near Cuba. In OceanPredict 2019. Halifax, Canada : 05/06/19-05/10/19: Poster.

2018

Hu, C., Zhang, Y., Kourafalou, V. H., & Garcia, O. (2018). Frontal density of Gulf of Mexico derived from satellite ocean color measurements. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Kourafalou, V. H., Androulidakis, I., Le Hénaff, M., Kang, H., Vaz, A., & Paris, C. (2018). Biophysical connectivity of coastal areas through oceanic currents in the Gulf of Mexico. In 12th Panhellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries. Corfu, Greece : 05/30/2018-06/3/2018.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org