RS34A:
Gulf of Mexico Loop Current and Eddies: Observations, Impacts, and Forecasts Posters


Session ID#: 28019

Session Description:
The Loop Current and related eddies (LCE) are significant oceanographic features in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). In 2015 historic Loop Current Eddy activity was observed including formation and separation of four strong eddies. Ocean researchers and users (e.g. energy, fishing, shipping) in the GOM experienced prolonged downtime due to the sudden, unusual LCE upturn and migration. Currents can surge to 5 knots in areas with little warning, impacting offshore activities, causing equipment failure, and reducing infrastructure lifetime. The LCEs are significant drivers of GOM dynamics and ecology. Many aspects of the LCE are not well understood including eddy formation and separation, deepwater currents, and biogeochemical processes including hydrocarbon degradation.

To promote cross-discipline exchange on the LCE, this session will gather scientists who observe, model, and analyze LCE activity and role in GOM environment. The session will invite discussion on applications of scientific understanding to operational strategies for GOM maritime users.

Topics include:

1. Understanding cause and behavior of the Loop Current, Eddies, and Cyclonic Eddies

2. Technologies: observations, computer modeling, and others related to understanding or mitigating LCEs

3. New Methods: data collection, observation, analysis, and prediction

4. LCE interaction with marine environment including ecology, processes, and hurricanes/storms.

Primary Chair:  Pak Leung, Shell Global Solutions (US), Inc., Houston, TX, United States and Loop Current & Eddies Alliance
Co-chairs:  Ruth Perry, Shell Exploration & Production Company, Upstream Americas, Houston, United States, Aimee Thurlow, Loop Current & Eddies Alliance, United States; Gate Premier Solutions, Chris Ordonez, DOF Subsea; Loop Current & Eddies Alliance and Loop Current & Eddies Alliance
Moderators:  Ruth Perry, Shell Exploration & Production Company, Upstream Americas, Houston, United States, Aimee Thurlow, Loop Current & Eddies Alliance, United States, Chris Ordonez, DOF Subsea, Pak Leung, Shell Global Solutions (US), Inc., Houston, TX, United States and Loop Current & Eddies Alliance
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Aimee Thurlow, Loop Current & Eddies Alliance, United States, Chris Ordonez, DOF Subsea and Loop Current & Eddies Alliance
Index Terms:

1922 Forecasting [INFORMATICS]
4223 Descriptive and regional oceanography [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4262 Ocean observing systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • ES - Ecology and Social Interactions
  • OM - Ocean Modeling
  • PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The 2014 to 2017 Loop Current Aberrance: Analysis of In Situ and Satellite Data (321292)
Neha Sharma, Jill S Storie, Michael J Leber, Andrew E Gustafson and Heather M Zimmerle, Horizon Marine, Inc., Marion, MA, United States
The Flow Through the Gulf of Mexico (306820)
Julio Candela1, Jose Ochoa2, Julio Sheinbaum1, Manuel Lopez3, Paula Perez-Brunius4, Miguel Costa Tenreiro4 and Enric Pallas Sanz4, (1)CICESE, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (2)CICESE, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico, (3)CICESE, San Diego, United States, (4)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico
Multistep Baroclinic Instability During a Loop Current Eddy Shedding Event (324046)
Luna Hiron1, Lynn K Shay2 and Benjamin Jaimes de la Cruz2, (1)RSMAS/University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, (2)RSMAES/University of Miami, Department of Ocean Sciences, Miami, United States
Long Range Loop Current Eddy Prediction in the Gulf of Mexico (328564)
Patrick J Hogan, John C. Stennis Space Center, Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
A framework for understanding Loop Current type systems (318947)
Joseph Kuehl, University of Delaware, Mechanical Engineering, Newark, DE, United States and Vitalii Sheremet, University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay, Physical Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Time-Frequency Analysis of Mooring Observations at Yucatan Channel and the Campeche Bank (318605)
Julio Sheinbaum1, Gabriela Athie1, Julio Candela2, Jose Ochoa1 and Angélica María Romero3, (1)CICESE, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, Mexico, (2)CICESE, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (3)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico
The Vertical Structure of a Loop Current Eddy : from Mesoscale to Fine Scale. (327043)
Thomas Meunier1, Enric Pallas Sanz1, Miguel Costa Tenreiro1, Jose Ochoa2, Angel Ruiz Angulo3, Esther Portela4, Simó Cusí5 and Xavier J Carton6, (1)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (2)CICESE, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico, (3)Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland, (4)Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (5)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (6)Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Plouzané, France
Loop current in Gulf of Mexico Hindcasts at Different Resolutions. (313093)
Zulema D Garraffo1, Shastri Paturi2, James A Cummings1, Ilya Rivin1, Hae-Cheol Kim3 and Avichal Mehra4, (1)IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Axiom/NOAA-NCEP-EMC, College Park, United States, (3)SAIC at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, United States, (4)NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD, United States
Identification and Prediction of Loop Current Ring Genesis (319899)
A. D. Kirwan Jr, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, Helga Huntley, University of Delaware, Newark, United States and Henry Chang, University of Delaware, Marine Science and Policy, Newark, DE, United States
Near surface and deep circulation coupling in the Western Gulf of Mexico. (316485)
Miguel Costa Tenreiro1, Julio Candela2, Enric Pallas Sanz1, Julio Sheinbaum2 and Jose Ochoa3, (1)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (2)CICESE, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (3)CICESE, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico
Relative importance of the wind versus Loop Current-driven circulation in the Gulf of Mexico (312939)
Erick Raul Olvera-Prado1, Eric Chassignet2, Steven L Morey3, Dmitry S Dukhovskoy1 and Alexandra Bozec2, (1)Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (2)Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (3)Florida State University, Center for Ocean - Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Atmospheric modulation of the intrinsic variability in the Gulf of Mexico: an ensemble simulation approach (310546)
Beatriz Ixetl Garcia Gomez1, Thierry Penduff2, Bernard Barnier3, Jean-Marc Molines3 and Sally E Close2, (1)IGE, MEOM, Grenoble, France, (2)Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement, CNRS/Univ. Grenoble Alpes/G-INP/IRD, Grenoble, France, (3)CNRS - IGE, MEOM, Grenoble, France
Quantifying the Influence of Wind and Waves on the Upper Ocean Transport in the Gulf of Mexico (328563)
John Lodise, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, Tamay Ozgokmen, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, United States, Maristella Berta, Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), National Research Council (CNR), La Spezia, Italy and Annalisa Griffa, ISMAR, CNR, Lerici, Italy

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