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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Elizabeth Watkins North

University of Maryland

Center for Environmental Science

UMCES Center Administration
Post Office Box 775
Cambridge , MD  21613  

enorth@umces.edu

Project List:

Gulf of Mexico Integrated Spill Response Consortium (GISR)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2019

Socolofsky, S. A., Gros, J., North, E., Boufadel, M. C., Parkerton, T. F., & Adams, E. E. (2019). The treatment of biodegradation in models of sub-surface oil spills: A review and sensitivity study. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 143, 204–219.

2017

Thessen, A. E., & North, E. W. (2017). Calculating in situ degradation rates of hydrocarbon compounds in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 122(1-2), 77–84.

2016

Testa, J. M., Eric Adams, E., North, E. W., & He, R. (2016). Modeling the influence of deep water application of dispersants on the surface expression of oil: A sensitivity study: MODELING OIL TRANSPORT IN GULF OF MEXICO. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121(8), 5995–6008.
Thessen, A. E., McGinnis, S., & North, E. W. (2016). Lessons learned while building the Deepwater Horizon Database: Toward improved data sharing in coastal science. Computers & Geosciences, 87, 84–90.

2015

North, E. W., Adams, E. E., Thessen, A. E., Schlag, Z., He, R., Socolofsky, S. A., et al. (2015). The influence of droplet size and biodegradation on the transport of subsurface oil droplets during theDeepwater Horizonspill: a model sensitivity study. Environ. Res. Lett., 10(2), 024016.
Socolofsky, S. A., Adams, E. E., Boufadel, M. C., Aman, Z. M., Johansen, Ã. ?., Konkel, W. J., et al. (2015). Intercomparison of oil spill prediction models for accidental blowout scenarios with and without subsea chemical dispersant injection. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 96(1-2), 110–126.

Conference Presentations - 5

2016

North, E., Kulis, P., Adams, E., Cesanek, W., Duzinski, P., He, R., et al. (2016). Lagrangian Simulations of Oil Droplets with Biodegradation and Chemical Dispersal: Applications for Decision Support. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Mitchell, I., North, E. W., He, R., Hetland, R. D., Chang, P., & Montuoro, R. (2015). The influence of grid resolution and wind specification on the prediction of transport of oil at the surface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Thessen, A., & North, E. W. (2015). Estimating rates of hydrocarbon biodegradation in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Lee, Y., North, E., Thessen, A., McGinnis, S., Adams, E., He, R., et al. (2014). Integrating Models and Observations to Estimate Subsurface Degradation Rates and Oil Transport. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Mitchell, I., North, E., He, R., Hetland, R., Chang, P., & Montuoro, R. (2014). The Influence of Grid Resolution and Wind Specification on the Prediction of Transport of Oil at the Surface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.