Abstract:

Trajectories from 5 undrogued and 7 drogued drifters were tracked in real-time using SPOT GPS units, launched near the Taylor Energy site just offshore of the Mississippi Delta on April 18-20, 2017 as a collaboration of two GoMRI projects: “Influence of river induced fronts on hydrocarbon transport” and “CARTHE”. Positions are interpolated to uniform 15 minute intervals starting from launching time through early June.

Suggested Citation:

Kourafalou, Villy; Kang, HeeSook. 2018. Taylor experiment drifter trajectories (15 minute interval records) near the Taylor site and the Mississippi Delta, April-June 2017. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7GH9GC2

Publications:

Androulidakis, Y., Kourafalou, V., Özgökmen, T., Garcia-Pineda, O., Lund, B., Le Hénaff, M., … Horstmann, J. (2018). Influence of River-Induced Fronts on Hydrocarbon Transport: A Multiplatform Observational Study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. doi:10.1029/2017jc013514

Purpose:

Launching drifters near the Taylor Energy site was a part of a multi-platform observational experiment conducted in April-June 2017 to investigate the main hydrocarbon pathways from the Taylor Site toward the Northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelves and offshore, toward the Gulf interior.

Data Parameters and Units:

Position of drifters (Latitude and Longitude) at every 15 min. There are four columns: Longitude (decimal degrees), Latitude (decimal degrees), Time (in days), Drifter ID number with a flag of undrogued/drogued drifters

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