Abstract

This dataset contains Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) and Landsat/MSS images used to identify the surface oil footprints created by the Ixtoc-I oil spill in 1979. There are two periods of imagery: June 1979-March 1980 is the oil spill period; and Jan. 1981-Dec. 1982 is the reference period. Oil slick surface footprints derived from the images are also included in the dataset. They are either in the format of shapefile or ArcGIS personal geodatabase.

Comments

Data and metadata is made available by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) through a CC0 license in compliance with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The original dataset landing pages may be accessed at GRIIDC’s dataset monitoring webpage.

Data users are encouraged to contact the originating investigator prior to data use and provide appropriate credit.

Purpose

This dataset was used to delineate the surface oil footprint created by the Ixtoc-I oil spill in 1979. Major slicks were also mapped to see the oil trajectory in the Gulf of Mexico.

Keywords

Ixtoc-I, oil spill, footprint, trajectory

UDI

R4.x267.180:0002

Date

3-2-2017 12:00 AM

Point of Contact

Sun, Shaojie
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL 33701
USA
suns@mail.usf.edu

Funding Source

RFP-IV

Start of Data Collection

6-3-1979

End of Data Collection

12-30-1982

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7266/N7MG7MHN

Rights Information

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.

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