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Funding Source: Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)

Project Publications & Presentations

Understanding How the Complex Topography of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Influences Water-column Mixing Processes and the Vertical and Horizontal Distribution of Oil and Gas after a Blowout

Journal Articles - 6

2021

Polzin, K. L., Wang, B., Wang, Z., Thwaites, F., & Williams, A. J. (2021). Moored Flux and Dissipation Estimates from the Northern Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Fluids, 6(7), 237.

2020

Bracco, A., Paris, C. B., Esbaugh, A. J., Frasier, K., Joye, S. B., Liu, G., Polzin, K. L., & Vaz, A. C. (2020). Transport, Fate and Impacts of the Deep Plume of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Formed During the Macondo Blowout. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.

2018

Chapman, P., DiMarco, S. F., Key, R. M., Previti, C., & Yvon-Lewis, S. (2018). Age Constraints on Gulf of Mexico Deep Water Ventilation as Determined by<sup>14</sup>C Measurements. Radiocarbon, 60(1), 75-90.
Wang, Z., DiMarco, S. F., & Polzin, K. (2018). Turbulence Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from a Slocum Glider. 2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans (OTO), 1-6.

2016

Spencer, L. J., DiMarco, S. F., Wang, Z., Kuehl, J. J., & Brooks, D. A. (2016). Asymmetric oceanic response to a hurricane: Deep water observations during Hurricane Isaac. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(10), 7619-7649.
Wang, Z., DiMarco, S. F., & Socolofsky, S. A. (2016). Turbulence measurements in the northern gulf of Mexico: Application to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on droplet dynamics. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 109, 40-50.

Conference Presentations - 24

2018

Nygren, C. D., S.; Wang, Z. W., & B.; Polzin, K. (2018). Observations of Microstructure in the Loop Current Using Slocum Gliders. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Polzin, K. D., S.; Toole, J. W., Z.; Wang, B. R. A., A.; Tenreiro, M. C., & A.; Nygren, C. (2018). Benthic Frontogenesis, Production of Negative Potential Vorticity and Turbulence over the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Polzin, K. W., & A.J (2018). Direct Turbulence Flux Measurements from Standard Moorings using the Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor (MAVS). In Gordon Research Conference on Ocean Mixing
Ruiz-Angulo, A. P., E.; Tenreiro, M. M., T.; Portela, E. O., J.; Ulloa, M. C., ? S.; Aranda, E. T., A.; Wang, Z. D., S.; Polzin, K. T., & J (2018). Estimacio?n de Coeficientes de Disipacio?n Turbulenta Dentro y Fuera de los Remolinos de Mesoescala en el Golfo de Me?xico. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2018)
Wang, Z. P., K.; DiMarco, S. T., J.; Ruiz Angulo, A. T., M.; Wang, B. N., & C (2018). Topographic Enhancement of Diapycnal Diffusivity on the Continental Slope in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Its Application to the Oil Droplet Dynamics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Wang, Z. P., K.; DiMarco, S. T., J.; Ruiz Angulo, A. T., M.; Wang, B. N., & C (2018). Topographic Enhancement of Diapycnal Diffusivity on the Continental Slope in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Its Application to the Oil Droplet Dynamics. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Williams, A. P., & K (2018). Absolute acoustic travel-time measurements for deep-sea vertical heat flux estimates. In Oceans'17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen
Williams, A. T., & T.; Polzin, K. (2018). Multiprocessor [Current Meter] for Deep Ocean Mixing Studies. In Oceans'17 MTS/IEEE Anchorage

2017

Polzin, K. (2017). Particularly Marginal Mixing Theories. In Munk Centenary Celebration Symposium 2017
Polzin, K. (2017). The Role of Non-propagating Form Drag in Mixing the Ocean. In 69th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
Polzin, K. D., S.; Wang, Z. T., & J.; Ruiz, A. (2017). Boundary Mixing along the Northern Deepwater Gulf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Wang, Z. D., & S.; Polzin, K. (2017). Evaluating turbulence measurements around the Deepwater Horizon spill site from a microRider mounted on a glider. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Williams, A. P., & K (2017). Absolute acoustic travel-time measurements for deep-sea vertical heat flux estimates. In Oceans'17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen
Williams, A. T., & T.; Polzin, K. (2017). Multiprocessor [Current Meter] for Deep Ocean Mixing Studies. In Oceans'17 MTS/IEEE Anchorage

2016

Angulo, R. C., A, A. D., S.; Ledwell, J. P., & K.L.; Wang, Z. (2016). Boundary Mixing along the Northern Deep Water Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
Chapman, P. D., S.F.; Walpert, J. K., A.; Guinasso, N. W., & K (2016). Observing the Texas Coast. In ALSO, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
DiMarco, S. K., A.K.; Wang, Z. W., & J.; Dreger, K. (2016). Deadzones, Dying Eddies, and the Loop Current: Stability, Ventilation, and Heat Content from Buoyancy Glider Observations in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico in Spring and Summer 2015. In ALSO, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
Nygren, C. D., S.F.; Khade, V. K., & J.; Chang, P. (2016). Numerical Circulation Model Skill Assessment from Observed Deepwater Currents Over 2 Years on the Continental Slope near the Macondo Spill Site. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Nygren, C. D., S.F.; Khade, V. K., & J.; Chang, P. (2016). Numerical Circulation Model Skill Assessment from Observed Deepwater Currents Over 2 Years on the Continental Slope near the Macondo Spill Site. In ALSO, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
Polzin, K. (2016). Boundary Mixing along the Northern Deep Water Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Polzin, K. N., & T (2016). On Boundary Mixing. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
Wang, Z. D., & S.; Socolofsky, S. (2016). Turbulence Measurements in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Application to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Droplet Dynamics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Wang, Z. D., & S.; Socolofsky, S. (2016). How Was the Deep Scattering layers (DSLs) Influenced by the Deepwater Horizon Spill? --- Evidences from 10-year NTL Oil/Gas ADCP Backscattering Data Collected at the Spill Site. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Wang, Z. D., & S.; Socolofsky, S. (2016). How Was the Deep Scattering layers (DSLs) Influenced by the Deepwater Horizon Spill? --- Evidences from 10-year NTL Oil/Gas ADCP Backscattering Data Collected at the Spill Site. In ALSO, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org