MMS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM: ONGOING STUDIES |
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Effects of Loop Current and |
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Planning Area: |
Gulfwide |
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Total Cost: $169,412 |
Period of Performance: FY 2007 – 2009 |
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Description: Background: The Minerals Management Service (MMS)
issued a Notice to Lessees (NTL) in April 2005, requiring oil companies
operating on the |
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Objectives: A main objective of the present
study is to determine the three dimensional characteristics of the deepwater
flow in the northern |
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Methods: The project will consist of the following tasks – (1) information management and QA/QC of data, (2) development of algorithms for the analysis of ADCP velocity profile time series gathered in response to NTL 2005-G05, and subsequently reported to the NOAA’s NDBC web site at http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/ADCP_WestGulf.shtml; (3) analysis of the real time ADCP data using the above mentioned algorithms and the subsequent implementation as new data continue to be collected, and compilation of the results; (4) analysis of remote sensing data; and (5) synthesis of the results by evaluations of the ADCP data results and the remote sensing results. Data analysis will be performed in both time and frequency domains, including techniques such as power spectral analysis, Fourier analysis, harmonic-statistic analysis, and correlation analysis. |
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Products: Deliverables from this study include a final report, digital data files, quarterly status letters, papers to be submitted to peer-reviewed journals, and technical summary. |
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Importance to MMS:
Energetic currents may
interrupt oil production. Knowledge
about energetic subsurface currents can also be important for trajectories of
oil spills, including spills from the ocean floor. The proposed study is aimed at a better
understanding of current dynamics using available real time data from
multiple ADCPs with potential practical
applications. Researchers will analyze
and synthesize existing data and information, improve the application and
distribution of this information obtained from many sources, and through data
analysis they will provide new information about currents in the northern |
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Current Status: In progress |
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Final Report Due: |
August 2009 |
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Publications: |
None |
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Affiliated WWW Sites: |
http://cmi.lsu.edu/ |
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Revised date: |
March 2008 |
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