Talk:Marine Discussion
Discussion Page for the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
List of Model Websites
CDOG Model:
http://www.cdogmodel.com/
ROMS Model:
http://www.myroms.org/
HYCOM Model:
http://hycom.rsmas.miami.edu/hycom-model/modelcode.html
NCOM Model:
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_ncom/
FVCOM Model:
http://fvcom.smast.umassd.edu/FVCOM/index.html
NearCoM Model(s):
http://chinacat.coastal.udel.edu/programs/nearcom/index.html
NearCoM SHORECIRC Model:
http://chinacat.coastal.udel.edu/programs/nearcom/descriptions/circulation_module_shorecirc.html
NearCoM FUNWAVE Model:
http://chinacat.coastal.udel.edu/~kirby/programs/nearcom/descriptions/circulation_module_funwave.html
ADCIRC Model:
http://adcirc.org/
SLOSH Model (used by National Hurricane Center)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/surge/slosh.shtml
List of Relevant Websites
USF Ocean Circulation Group - Model Runs for the Gulf Oil Spill (Various Depths and Models)
http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu/models.html
USF Ocean Circulation Group - Loop Current Simulation for 1 Month
Texas A & M University Library - Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Page
(Many links to other online resources.)
http://library.tamu.edu/help/resource-format-guides/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill
NASA Imagery of the Oil Spill:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/event.php?id=43733
NOAA Incident News Page - Deepwater Horizon Incident
http://www.incidentnews.gov/incident/8220
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration - Deepwater Horizon Incident Page & Current Trajectory Maps
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/topic_subtopic_entry.php?RECORD_KEY(entry_subtopic_topic)=entry_id,subtopic_id,topic_id&entry_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=809&subtopic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=2&topic_id(entry_subtopic_topic)=1
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration - Software and Data Sets Page
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/type_catalog.php?RECORD_KEY%28type_chosen%29=type_id&type_id(type_chosen)=3
NOAA's National Hurricane Center:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml
US Coast Guard Visual Information Gallery
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=841811
ESRI Interactive Map for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/gulf-oil-spill-2010/index.html
UNC Coastal Circulation and Transport Page:
http://www.unc.edu/ims/ccats/
Articles and Blogs
NY Times - Environment - The Oil and the Loop Current (May 18)
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/the-oil-and-the-loop-current/?ref=science
Washington Post - More Worst-Case Scenarios in Gulf Oil Spill
(With quotes from Dr. Rober Weisberg)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2010/05/more_worst_case_scenarios_in_g.html?wprss=achenblog
Washington Post - After Gulf Coast oil spill, scientists envision devastation for region
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050402980.html?hpid=topnews
TreeHugger Blog: Loop Current Now Dragging Gulf Oil Disaster Towards Florida Keys
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/loop-current-now-dragging-gulf-oil-disaster-florida-keys.php?campaign=th_
Relevant Publications
Dasanayaka, L.K. and P.D. Yapa (2009) Role of plume dynamics phase in a deepwater oil and gas release model, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 2(4), 243-253.
Johansen, O. (2000) DeepBlow - A Lagrangian plume model for deep water blowouts, Spill Science & Technology Bull., 6(2), 103-111.
Johansen, O., H. Rye and C. Cooper (2003) DeepSpill - Field study of a simulated oil and gas blowout in deep water, Spill Science and Technology Bull., 8(5-6), 433-443.
Michel, J. and J.A. Galt (???) Conditions under which floating slicks can sink in marine settings, ****, ****.
Zheng, L., P.D. Yapa and F. Chen (2002) A model for simulating deepwater oil and gas blowouts - Part I. Theory and model formulation, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 41(4), 339-351.