Abstract:

The dataset contains the numerical results of probabilistic forecasts for possible oil spills in the east and the west Gulf of Mexico, and a simulation hindcast of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occuring during the Fall. Oil dispersal and concentrations were simulated using the oil application of the Connectivity Modeling System (CMS) or oil- CMS. In this version, the specified hydrocarbon pseudo-components are in the same droplet. The post-processing analysis yielded 4-D spatiotemporal data of the oil concentrations and oil mass on a regular horizontal and vertical grid, as well as time evolution of the horizontally cumulative oil mass for a period of 6 months. The surface files (3-D) files represent a larger domain compared to the 4-D due to the larger spatial extent associated with oil transport at the surface.