Understanding and Predicting the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current: Critical Gaps and Recommendations

by Committee on Advancing Understanding of Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Dynamics, Gulf Research Program, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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One of the most significant, energetic, yet not well understood, oceanographic features in the Americas is the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System (LCS), consisting of the Loop Current (LC) and the Loop Current Eddies (LCEs) it sheds. Understanding the dynamics of the LCS is fundamental to understanding the Gulf of Mexico's full oceanographic system, and vice versa. Hurricane intensity, offshore safety, harmful algal blooms, oil spill response,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0309462207

ISBN13:9780309462204

Release Date:May 2018

Publisher:National Academies Press

Length:116 Pages

Weight:0.57 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.9" x 9.9"

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