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    This document discusses potential pathways for oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill to reach the Jersey Shore. It summarizes modeling done by Dr. Josh Kohut of Rutgers University and Dr. Alan Blumburg of Stevens Institute of Technology. Their modeling accounts for the Loop Current and typical ocean velocities to estimate oil could reach the Florida Straits by mid-June and Cape Hatteras by the end of June. Additional modeling examines weathered oil as tarballs and the use of regional ocean observing systems and models to monitor potential impacts in New Jersey waters.

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    This document discusses potential pathways for oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill to reach the Jersey Shore. It summarizes modeling done by Dr. Josh Kohut of Rutgers University and Dr. Alan Blumburg of Stevens Institute of Technology. Their modeling accounts for the Loop Current and typical ocean velocities to estimate oil could reach the Florida Straits by mid-June and Cape Hatteras by the end of June. Additional modeling examines weathered oil as tarballs and the use of regional ocean observing systems and models to monitor potential impacts in New Jersey waters.

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    This document discusses potential pathways for oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill to reach the Jersey Shore. It summarizes modeling done by Dr. Josh Kohut of Rutgers University and Dr. Alan Blumburg of Stevens Institute of Technology. Their modeling accounts for the Loop Current and typical ocean velocities to estimate oil could reach the Florida Straits by mid-June and Cape Hatteras by the end of June. Additional modeling examines weathered oil as tarballs and the use of regional ocean observing systems and models to monitor potential impacts in New Jersey waters.

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    Ocean Connections: Mapping Potential Pathways Between The Spill in The Gulf of Mexico and The Jersey Shore

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    This document discusses potential pathways for oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill to reach the Jersey Shore. It summarizes modeling done by Dr. Josh Kohut of Rutgers University and Dr. Alan Blumburg of Stevens Institute of Technology. Their modeling accounts for the Loop Current and typical ocean velocities to estimate oil could reach the Florida Straits by mid-June and Cape Hatteras by the end of June. Additional modeling examines weathered oil as tarballs and the use of regional ocean observing systems and models to monitor potential impacts in New Jersey waters.

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    Ocean Connections:

    Mapping potential pathways between the spill in the


    Gulf of Mexico and the Jersey Shore

    Dr. Josh Kohut


    Rutgers University
    School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
    New Jersey Agriculture Experiment Station

    Dr. Alan Blumburg


    Stevens Institute of Technology
    Center for Marine Systems
    Oil Spill Status : NOAA Guidance
    Accounting for uncertainty
    Deep ocean leak
    • Extreme pressure (2,170 psi)

    • Difficult access (5,000 ft deep)

    • Unknown distribution of oil

    • Continuous oil supply


    On the Impact

    "We've never dealt with this kind of deep water, we've never dealt with this amount of
    dispersants, we've never dealt with the Gulf," Helm said. "We're in a very early phase of the
    science here; there is not a lot of experimental work or practical work upon which to base
    the work we're doing."

    Roger Helm, chief of the contaminants division of the Fish and Wildlife Service
    Accounting for uncertainty
    Weather

    Named Storms:

    2005: 28

    2009: 9

    2010: Outlook to be released


    today at 10:00 am by NOAA
    Ocean Connections: Gulf of Mexico to New Jersey
    Gulf of Mexico Oceanography
    The Loop Current
    Gulf being sampled with ships, drifters, and gliders
    Spatial information provided by satellites.
    Ocean Connections: Gulf of Mexico to Florida Straits

    May 8, 2010

    May 26, 2010


    Typical ocean velocities: 2-3 mph

    Estimated Arrival at the Florida Straits: ~ Mid June


    Ocean Connections: Florida Straits to Cape Hatteras

    Typical ocean velocities: 2-4 mph

    Estimated arrival at the Cape


    Hatteras: ~ End of June
    Ocean Connections: Cape Hatteras to New Jersey
    Oil Spill Weathering: Slicks to Tarballs

    • During the first few hours of a spill, the oil spreads


    into a thin slick.

    • Winds and waves stretch and tear the oil patches


    into smaller pieces, or tarballs.

    • Weathering processes eventually create a tarball that

    is hard and crusty on the outside and soft and gooey


    on the inside.

    • As air and water temperatures increase, tarballs


    become more fluid and, therefore, sticky--similar to
    an asphalt road warmed by the summer sun.

    • The more sand and debris attached to a tarball, the


    more difficult it is to break the tarball open.
    Regional Ocean Observing System
    Surface Trajectories

    July, 2009

    August, 2009

    September, 2009
    Ocean Models

    HOPS
    U. Massachusetts, Dartmouth

    NYHOPS ROMS
    Stevens Institute of Technology Rutgers University
    Modeled Particle Trajectories

    Particles released September 1, 2009 to September 15, 2009


    Local Predications: New Jersey Observations and Models

    Observations focused
    on optimizing forecasts
    off the NJ Coast

    HF Radar Gliders

    Water Monitoring and


    Standards

    NYHOPS
    Stevens Institute of Technology

    Circulation Model GNOME Oil Trajectories

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