U.S. Department of the Interior |
October 2001 |
Deepwater Physical Oceanography Reanalysis and Synthesis
of Historical Data: Synthesis
Report
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, announces
the availability of a new study report, Deepwater Physical Oceanography
Reanalysis and Synthesis of Historical Data: Synthesis Report. The report
documents the reanalysis and synthesis of historical physical oceanographic data
in the Gulf of Mexico, including hydrographic data, data from drifters or
floats, current measurements, and circulation models output from Government,
industry, and academic institutions. The main conclusions are that the general
surface circulation of the Gulf is well characterized by the available
information, but not so the deepwater circulation. Besides other general
conclusions, the report contains extensive and detailed discussions of many
oceanographic processes active in the Gulf. Climatology of current statistics,
vertical profiles, persistence tables, and eddy kinetic energy, among others,
are provided by region and depth. Future observational programs are recommended,
consisting of mooring arrays, monitoring operational systems, lagrangian
deployments, and enhancements for numerical circulation models. The report
includes three CD-Rom’s with the assembled extensive databases.
For more information about this study or the Environmental Studies Program in
general, contact the Environmental Sciences Section (MS 5430), 1201 Elmwood Park
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, telephone (504) 736-2752. You can
obtain copies of the report from the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico
OCS Region, at a charge of $30.00 by referencing OCS Study MMS 2001-064. You
will be able to obtain this report also from the National Technical Information
Service in the near future. Here are the addresses. You may also inspect copies
at selected Federal Depository Libraries.
Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Public Information Office (MS 5034) 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 Telephone requests may be placed at (504) 736-2519 or 1-800-200-GULF or FAX: (504) 736-2620
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MMS is the federal agency in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the nation's oil, natural gas and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf in federal offshore waters. The agency also collects, accounts for and disburses mineral revenues from federal and Indian leases. These collections totaled nearly $8 billion last year and more than $110 billion since the agency was created in 1982. Annually, nearly $1 billion from those revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the acquisition and development of state and federal park and recreation lands.
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