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SUBMITTER: MacDonald IR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5064732 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
MacDonald I R IR Garcia-Pineda O O Beet A A Daneshgar Asl S S Feng L L Graettinger G G French-McCay D D Holmes J J Hu C C Huffer F F Leifer I I Muller-Karger F F Solow A A Silva M M Swayze G G
Journal of geophysical research. Oceans 20151228 12
When wind speeds are 2-10 m s<sup>-1</sup>, reflective contrasts in the ocean surface make oil slicks visible to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) under all sky conditions. Neural network analysis of satellite SAR images quantified the magnitude and distribution of surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico from persistent, natural seeps and from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) discharge. This analysis identified 914 natural oil seep zones across the entire Gulf of Mexico in pre-2010 data. Their ∼0.1 µm slicks ...[more]