Understanding the loop current
Meteorologist Payton Malone explains the loop current phenomenon.
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Meteorologist Payton Malone explains the loop current phenomenon.
With La Niña helping clear the way for a busy hurricane season, this wide current of warm water could spell disaster for the northern Gulf Coast.
For the past several years, a number of research programs have funded significant efforts to advance understanding of and forecasting capabilities for the Gulf of Mexico circulation, including the Loop Current, its associated eddies, and abyssal dynamics. One such program is the National Academies’ Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems initiative, which focuses on improving forecasts of the physical dynamics of the open Gulf of Mexico in space and time scales useful for the reduction of risks to offshore energy exploration and production, as well as for other challenges such as forecasting hurric...
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A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research team has been awarded $7.6 million to support its study of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current.