Understanding and Predicting the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current¶
National Academies of Sciences, E., & Medicine. (2018). Understanding and Predicting the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current: Critical Gaps and Recommendations. National Academies Press.
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- Mesoscale Eddy
- These eddies often threaten oil and gas operations: strong currents add fatigue to offshore infrastructure and can force current-sensitive operations such as riser installation to be restrained or even shut down at significant cost
This sourceThe Loop Current's path from the Yucatan Channel, with eddies that shed from it and 'slowly migrate westward' carrying its warm water and strong currents (Summary). Warm-core, anticyclonic eddies roughly 300 kilometers across and 500 to 1,000 meters deep that can maintain currents of up to 4 knots after disconnecting, named like hurricanes (Michael, Nautilus and Olympus in 2016), that often threaten oil and gas operations; strong currents that cause additional fatigue on infrastructure and force current-sensitive operations such as riser installation to be 'restrained or even shut down at significant cost' (Ch. 1). Near-real-time satellite altimeter information used to monitor the Loop Current and its eddies, and surface drifter measurements taken by oil and gas service providers (Ch. 1).
- These eddies often threaten oil and gas operations: strong currents add fatigue to offshore infrastructure and can force current-sensitive operations such as riser installation to be restrained or even shut down at significant cost
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