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Oscar Garcia-Pineda

Florida State University

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

3012 Westcott North
Tallahassee, FL  32306  

ogarcia@fsu.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Scientist

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Scientist

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Scientist

A Coordinated Modeling Approach in Support of Oil Spill Tracking

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Research Scientist

Coast Watch: Remote Sensing and Verification Sampling of Oil Spill Impact on Florida Coast

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Co-Principal Investigator

Impact of Crude Oil on Coastal and Ocean Environments of the West Florida Shelf and Big Bend Region from the Shoreline to the Continental Shelf Edge

Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf InstituteRole: Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 7

2021

Boufadel, M., Bracco, A., Chassignet, E., Chen, S., D'Asaro, E., Dewar, W., et al. (2021). Physical Transport Processes that Affect the Distribution of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Modeling. Oceanog, 34(1), 58–75.

2016

Daneshgar Asl, S., Amos, J., Woods, P., Garcia-Pineda, O., & MacDonald, I. R. (2016). Chronic, Angthopogenic Hydrocarbon Discharges in the Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 187–195.
Garcia-Pineda, O., MacDonald, I., Silva, M., Shedd, W., Daneshgar Asl, S., & Schumaker, B. (2016). Transience and persistence of natural hydrocarbon seepage in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 119–129.
Ozgokmen, T. M., Chassignet, E., Dawson, C., Dukhovskoy, D., Jacobs, G., Ledwell, J., et al. (2016). Over What Area Did the Oil and Gas Spread During the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill? Oceano, 29(3), 96–107.

2015

MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., Beet, A., Daneshgar Asl, S., Feng, L., Graettinger, G., et al. (2015). Natural and unnatural oil slicks in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120(12), 8364–8380.

2013

Garcia-Pineda, O., MacDonald, I., Hu, C., Svejkovsky, J., Hess, M., Dukhovskoy, D., et al. (2013). Detection of Floating Oil Anomalies From the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill With Synthetic Aperture Radar. Oceanography, 26(2), 124–137.
Garcia-Pineda, O., MacDonald, I. R., Li, X., Jackson, C. R., & Pichel, W. G. (2013). Oil Spill Mapping and Measurement in the Gulf of Mexico With Textural Classifier Neural Network Algorithm (TCNNA). IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 6(6), 2517–2525.

Conference Presentations - 21

2020

Garcia-Pineda, O., Di Pinto, L., & Tullis, D. (2020). Detection of the Oil Slick from the MC20 Site With Aerial and Satellite Remote Sensing Before and After the Installation of the Containment Dome. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2015

Dukhovskoy, D., Garcia, O., MacDonald, I., Morey, S., & Ubnoske, J. (2015). Topological Approach for Objective Evaluation of Surface Oil Drift Simulation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Garcia Pineda, O., Staples, G., Bannerman, K., & MacDonald, I. (2015). Detection of Oil Thickness Signatures in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Garcia Pineda, O. M., MacDonald, I., Shedd, W., & Silva, M. (2015). Transience and Persistence of Natural Hydrocarbon Seepage in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
MacDonald, I. R., Garcia, O., Huffer, F., French-McCay, D., Solow, A., Beet, A., et al. (2015). A Comprehensive Time-Series of Surface Oil During DWH. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Morey, S. L., Dukhovskoy, D. S., Hiester, H., Garcia-Pineda, O., & MacDonald, I. (2015). Application of a topological metric for assessing numerical ocean models with satellite observations, 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco. In 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/12/15-12/16/15.

2014

MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., Silva, M., Johansen, C., Reddy, C., & Shedd, W. (2014). Post-Accident Discharge Forensics at the Deepwater Horizon Site, Gulf of Mexico. In Gas in Marine Sediments – 12th International Conference. Taipei, Taiwan : 9/1/14-9/6/14.

2013

Daneshgar Asl, S., Amos, J. F., Woods, P., Garcia-Pineda, O. G., & MacDonald, I. R. (2013). Chronic, Anthropogenic Hydrocarbon Releases in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Garcia-Pineda, O. G., & MacDonald, I. R. (2013). Analysis of the BP Oil Spill Deep Water Horizon Extent Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Imagery. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Johansen, C., Shedd, W., Abichou, T., Garcia-Pineda, O. G., Silva, M., & MacDonald, I. R. (2013). Dynamics of hydrocarbon vents: Focus on primary porosity. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2013. New Orleans, LA : 02/17/13-02/22/2013.
Johansen, C., Shedd, W., Abichou, T., Garcia-Pineda, O. G., Silva, M., & MacDonald, I. R. (2013). Dynamics of hydrocarbon vents: Focus on primary porosity. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., Solow, A. R., Graettinger, G., Daneshgar Asl, S., & Beet A. (2013). A Time-Series of Surface Oil Distribution Detected by Satellite SAR During the Deepwater Horizon Blowout. In AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.  San Francisco, CA, December 9 - 13, 2013.
MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., Solow, A. R., Graettinger, G., Daneshgar Asl, S., & Beet, A. (2013). A Time-Series of Surface Oil Distribution Detected by Satellite SAR During the Deepwater Horizon Blowout. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 9, 2013.

2012

Daneshgar Asl, S., Amos, J., Woods, P., Garcia-Pineda, O., & MacDonald, I. R. (2012). Chronic, Anthropogenic Hydrocarbon Releases in the Gulf of Mexico. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 6, 2012: Poster.
Garcia-Pineda, O., MacDonald, I., & Morey, S. (2012). Remote Sensing Overview of BP Oil Discharge from Satellite SAR Data. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12: Poster.
Johansen, C., Shedd, W., Abichou, T., Garcia-Pineda, O., Silva, M., & MacDonald, I. R. (2012). Dynamics of hydrocarbon vents: Focus on primary porosity. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 6, 2012: Poster.
MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., & Morey, S. (2012). Comparison of natural and unnatural oil sources in the surface waters of the Gulf of Mexico detected by satellite remote sensing. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 25-29, 2012.
MacDonald, I. R., Reagan, M. T., Guinasso, N. L., & Garcia-Pineda, O. (2012). Basin-Wide Temperature Constraints On Gas Hydrate Stability In The Gulf Of Mexico. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 6, 2012.

2011

Garcia-Pineda, O., MacDonald, I. R., & Moorey, S. (2011). Remote sensing overview of BP oil discharge from satellite SAR data. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.
MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., & Morey, S. (2011). Natural and Unnatural oil in the Gulf of Mexico. In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.
MacDonald, I. R., Garcia-Pineda, O., & Morey, S. (2011). Natural and Unnatural oil layers on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico detected and quantified in synthetic aperture RADAR images with texture classifying neural network algorithms. (OS34A). In AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2011.