Marine snow particle characteristics for the northeastern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-05-14 to 2014-08-11

Images of marine snow particles were collected using the Shadowed Image Particle Profiling Evaluation Recorder (SIPPER) camera imaging system abroad the multiple research cruises during and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Images were analyzed from eight stations in the vicinity of the oil spill near the Deepwater Horizon platform during spring 2010, at 10 stations during August and September 2010, at 19 stations during May 2011 and 2012, and at 37 stations during August and September 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. SIPPER-captured particles were analyzed to determine their elongation ratios and fractal dimensions, two parameters that may impact particle sinking rates and impact predictions from numerical models of marine snow aggregates (Dissanayake et al. 2018).