New video shows evolution of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, April 20-June 13

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Source: University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Lagrangian Coherent Structures, Maria Josefina Olascoaga

Evolution based on IASNFS - NCOM, Navy Coastal Ocean Model.

The use of Lagrangian Coherent Structures, which separate dynamically distinct regions such as turbulent flows in fluid dynamics, to understand the evolution of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

Read more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqSoLW2_CPg

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Also...

The hindcast shows oil impacting the Florida Keys from May 19-May 30...

And just south of the Florida Keys from June 6 until it ends on the 13.

Oil drifting eastward towards Tampa was only 20 miles offshore... on June 13.