The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) is deploying shallow-water surface drifters in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Along with satellite data analysis (color, SST and altimetric), oceanographic cruises and model analysis, these data will enable rigorous prediction of the downstream threat posed by coastal pollution related to Gulf coast hurricane landfalls in the 2005 season.

• Sep 26, 2005 -  Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) created satellite altimetry analysis and preliminary contour maps of several oceanographic variables from the NANCY FOSTER.
• Hurricane Katrina Water Mass Tracking Tools, Ocean Circulation Group, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida