Environmental effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: a review

J Beyer, HC Trannum, T Bakke, PV Hodson… - Marine pollution …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Deepwater Horizon oil spill constituted an ecosystem-level injury in the
northern Gulf of Mexico. Much oil spread at 1100–1300 m depth, contaminating and …

State of the art review and future directions in oil spill modeling

ML Spaulding - Marine pollution bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
A review of the state of the art in oil spill modeling, focused on the period from 2000 to
present is provided. The review begins with an overview of the current structure of spill …

[HTML][HTML] Oil spill detection by imaging radars: Challenges and pitfalls

W Alpers, B Holt, K Zeng - Remote sensing of environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Criteria for discriminating between radar signatures of oil films and biogenic slicks visible on
synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the sea surface as dark patches are critically …

Fallout plume of submerged oil from Deepwater Horizon

DL Valentine, GB Fisher, SC Bagby… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
The sinking of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico led to uncontrolled emission of
oil to the ocean, with an official government estimate of∼ 5.0 million barrels released …

Natural and unnatural oil slicks in the G ulf of M exico

IR MacDonald, O Garcia‐Pineda, A Beet… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
When wind speeds are 2–10 ms− 1, reflective contrasts in the ocean surface make oil slicks
visible to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) under all sky conditions. Neural network analysis of …

Using natural abundance radiocarbon to trace the flux of petrocarbon to the seafloor following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

J Chanton, T Zhao, BE Rosenheim, S Joye… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon accident released 4.6–6.0× 1011 grams or 4.1 to 4.6 million
barrels of fossil petroleum derived carbon (petrocarbon) as oil into the Gulf of Mexico …

Classification of oil spill by thicknesses using multiple remote sensors

O Garcia-Pineda, G Staples, CE Jones, C Hu… - Remote sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an operational tool for monitoring and
assessment of oil spills. Satellite SAR has primarily been used to detect the …

[HTML][HTML] Oil spill detection using machine learning and infrared images

T De Kerf, J Gladines, S Sels, S Vanlanduit - Remote sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The detection of oil spills in water is a frequently researched area, but most of the research
has been based on very large patches of crude oil on offshore areas. We present a novel …

Spectral and spatial requirements of remote measurements of pelagic Sargassum macroalgae

C Hu, L Feng, RF Hardy, EJ Hochberg - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Remote detection of pelagic Sargassum is often hindered by its spectral similarity to other
floating materials and by the inadequate spatial resolution. Using measurements from multi …

[HTML][HTML] Sedimentation pulse in the NE Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 DWH blowout

GR Brooks, RA Larson, PT Schwing, I Romero… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH)
oil discharge at the seafloor as recorded in bottom sediments of the DeSoto Canyon region …