@article{dc1c15f523ee47079f4762ab406d6aeb,
title = "On the transport and landfall of marine oil spills, laboratory and field observations",
abstract = "The dynamics of crude oil and different surface ocean drifters were compared to study the physical processes that govern the transport and landfall of marine oil spills. In a wave-tank experiment, drifters with drogue did not follow oil slicks. However, patches of undrogued drifters and thin bamboo plates did spread at the same rate and in the same direction as the crude oil slicks. Then, the trajectories of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and 1300 drifters released near the spill source were investigated. Undrogued drifters were transported twice as fast as drogued drifters across the isobaths. 25% of the undrogued drifters landed, versus about 5% of the drogued ones, for the most part, on the same coastline locations where oil was found after Deepwater Horizon. Results highlight the importance of near surface gradients in controlling the cross-shelf transport and landing of surface material on the Gulf of Mexico's northern shores.",
keywords = "Drifters, Gulf of Mexico, Landfall, Oil spill, Transport, Waves",
author = "Guillaume Novelli and Guigand, {C{\'e}dric M.} and Boufadel, {Michel C.} and {\"O}zg{\"o}kmen, {Tamay M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was made possible by a grant from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Data are publicly available through the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) at https://data.gulfresearchinitiative.org under doi:10.7266/N7Z89B0D (OHMSETT experiment); doi:10.7266/N7W0940J (LASER drifter data); doi: 10.7266/N7VD6WC8 (GLAD drifter data). Deepwater Horizon oiling data are publicly available from the Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) Gulf of Mexico at https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html. Standard meteorological data time-series at stations FRWL1, PSTL1, GISL1, DPIA1, and 42012, are collected by NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and publicly accessible at: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov. We are thankful for the OHMSETT personnel for their expert help in setting up the wave-tank experiment. The drifter deployments would not have been possible without the dedication of tens of technicians and scientists of the CARTHE team over years. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110805",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "150",
journal = "Marine Pollution Bulletin",
issn = "0025-326X",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
}