Connectivity Modeling System simulation of the Macondo Well Blowout evolution April through October 2010: The effects of circulation and wind-induced drift on subsea oil transport

This dataset contains the output of the Connectivity Modeling System (CMS) simulation of the Macondo Well blowout. One thousand particles distributed in three fractions corresponding to 574 Å~ 103 kg of oil are released every 2 h from April 20 to July 15 for a total of more than 1 million particles, at a single source point (28.736° N, 88.365° W) located 300 m above the wellhead, the estimated mean trap height of oil droplets representing the major intrusion. The CMS produced daily outputs of 8 variables in ASCII format. This includes each particle's: age, density, distance traveled, longitude, latitude, depth, size and status within the model. More information about the dataset parameters can be found in Supplemental Information section of the dataset metadata record. For further details about the dataset please refer to Le Henaff, M., Kourafalou, V., Paris, C.B., Helgers, J., Aman, Z.M., Hogan, P., Srinivasan, A.N. 2012. Surface Evolution of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Patch: Combined Effects of Circulation and Wind-Induced Drift. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46(13): 7267–7273. doi:10.1021/es301570w