NOAA say “Oil plume located off Florida’s southwest coast heading Toward

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Breaking: NOAA scientists say “Oil plume located off Florida’s southwest coast and heading toward the Tortugas” in the Florida Keys
   

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Using these sophisticated tools, the team decided that the most likely pathway for oil to reach the Florida Keys was for it to be pulled into a counterclockwise rotating frontal eddy in the northeast corner of the Loop Current, and then south along the eastern frontal zone of the Loop Current to the Dry Tortugas. …

As they traveled into the eddy field they saw areas of sheen, but no tar balls.

Changing course to the south, however they found an area of strong flow convergence within a southward flowing jet that resulted from flow being pulled into the eddy. Knowing that this was just the type of oceanographic feature that would concentrate any floating material, including oil, they followed it. At about the same time a U.S. Coast Guard flight that had been sent to visually survey the area spotted what they thought could be an oil slick in the area and contacted the scientists aboard the Walton Smith to have the ship get a closer look at the slick.


    “As we approached, we found an extensive oil slick that stretched about 20 nm (20 miles) along the southward flowing jet which merged with the northern front of the Loop Current. …

    “The combination of models and satellite images, along with our shipboard observations and ROFFS daily analysis had helped us to identify and study this previously unidentified oil plume located off Florida’s southwest coast and heading toward the Tortugas.”

    NOAA forecast: Oil Boundary 50 miles from Florida Keys by June 15

    Trajectories indicate that some of these sheens may continue southward along the eastern edge of Eddy Franklin.

* http://www.miami.edu/index.php/news/releases/umcimas_and_noaaaoml_scientists_locate_oil_plume/

    June 13, 2010 — NOAA forecast: Oil Boundary 50 miles from Florida Keys by June 15

    Currents were obtained from four models: NOAA Gulf of Mexico, NavO/NCOM , NRL/IASNFS, and NC St./SABGOM. Each includes Loop Current dynamics. Gulf wide winds were obtained from the gridded NCEP product.

    The model was initialized from June 10/11 satellite imagery analysis and a June 11 CG/NOAA overflight. The leading edge may contain tarballs that are not readily observable from the imagery (hence not included in the model
    initialization).

    Satellite imagery analysis continues to indicate possible patches of sheen to the S-SE of the main slick.

    Scattered sheens and tar balls observed in these regions may be getting entrained into the northern edge of the large clockwise eddy (Eddy Franklin) that has pinched off the main Loop Current (LC).

    Trajectories indicate that some of these sheens may continue southward along the eastern edge of Eddy Franklin, whereas some may be getting entrained into a counterclockwise eddy to the NE of the main LC eddy.

    A CG/NOAA overflight off the west coast of Florida yesterday saw non-contiguous sheens along the northeastern section of Eddy Franklin.

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