Typical fluid particle trajectories are sensitive to changes in their initial conditions. This
makes the assessment of flow models and observations from individual tracer samples …

Abstract The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest in US history, unprecedented for
the depth and volume of oil released, the amount of dispersants applied, and the …

Reliable forecasts for the dispersion of oceanic contamination are important for coastal
ecosystems, society, and the economy as evidenced by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in …

Surface drifting buoys, or drifters, are used in oceanographic and climate research, oil spill
tracking, weather forecasting, search and rescue operations, calibration and validation of …

Targeted observations of submesoscale currents are necessary to improve science's
understanding of oceanic mixing, but these dynamics occur at spatiotemporal scales that are …

There has been a proliferation in the development of Lagrangian analytical methods for
detecting coherent structures in fluid flow transport, yielding a variety of qualitatively different …

Pair-separation statistics of in situ and synthetic surface drifters deployed near the
Deepwater Horizon site in the Gulf of Mexico are investigated. The synthetic trajectories …

Hurricane Isaac induced large surface waves and a significant change in upper ocean
circulation in the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall at the Louisiana coast on 29 August …

Abstract Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCS) are the hidden fluid flow skeletons that
provide meaningful information about the Lagrangian circulation. In this study, we computed …

Lagrangian particle trajectory models based on several altimetry‐derived surface current
products are used to hindcast the drifter trajectories observed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico …