Research Overview of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE)

Authors

Tamay M. Özgökmen, University of Miami
Francisco J. Beron-Vera, University of Miami
Darek Bogucki, Texas A & M University
Shuyi S. Chen, University of Miami
Clint Dawson, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
William Dewar, Florida State University
Annalisa Griffa, CNR, La Spezia, Italy
Brian K. Haus, (University of Miami
Angelique C. Haza, University of Miami
Helga Huntley, University of Delaware
Mohamed Iskandarani, University of Miami
Gregg Jacobs, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA
Bert Jagers, Deltares, Netherlands
A.D. Kirwan, University of Delaware
Nathan Laxague, University of Miami
Bruce Lipphardt, University of Delaware
Jamie MacMahan, ) Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA
Arthur J. Mariano, University of Miami
Josefina Olascoaga, University of Miami
Guillaume Novelli, University of Miami
Andrew C. Poje, City University of New York
A.J.H.M. Reniers, University of Miami
Juan M. Restrepo, University of Arizona
Brad Rosenheim, University of South FloridaFollow
Edward H. Ryan, University of Miami
Conor Smith, University of Miami
Alexander Soloviev, Nova Southeastern University
Shankar Venkataramani, University of Arizona
Ge-Cheng Zha, University of Miami
Ping Zhu, Florida International University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2014.1.544

Abstract

CARTHE (http://carthe.org/) is a Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) consortium established through a competitive peer-reviewed selection process. CARTHE comprises 26 principal investigators from 14 universities and research institutions distributed across four Gulf of Mexico states and other four states. It fuses into one group investigators with unique scientific and technical knowledge and extensive publications related to oil fate/transport processes, oceanic and atmospheric turbulence, air-sea interactions, tropical cyclones and winter storms, and coastal and nearshore modeling and observations.

Our primary goal is to accurately predict the fate of hydrocarbons released into the environment. Achieving this goal is particularly challenging since petroleum releases into the environment interact with natural processes across six orders of magnitude of time and space scales. We are developing a multi-scale modeling tool by incorporating state-of-the-art hydrophysical models, each applicable for a restricted range of scales, into a single, interconnected modeling system to predict the physical dispersal of hydrocarbons across scales ranging from the microscale at the wellhead to oceanic and atmospheric mesoscales. CARTHE is also conducting novel in-situ observations and laboratory experiments specifically designed for quantifying submesoscale dispersion as well as for both model validation and parameterization. Finally, we are providing a robust set of uncertainty metrics and analysis tools to assess model performance and quantify predictive uncertainty.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings, v. 2014, issue 1, p. 544-560

Scholar Commons Citation

Özgökmen, Tamay M.; Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Bogucki, Darek; Chen, Shuyi S.; Dawson, Clint; Dewar, William; Griffa, Annalisa; Haus, Brian K.; Haza, Angelique C.; Huntley, Helga; Iskandarani, Mohamed; Jacobs, Gregg; Jagers, Bert; Kirwan, A.D.; Laxague, Nathan; Lipphardt, Bruce; MacMahan, Jamie; Mariano, Arthur J.; Olascoaga, Josefina; Novelli, Guillaume; Poje, Andrew C.; Reniers, A.J.H.M.; Restrepo, Juan M.; Rosenheim, Brad; Ryan, Edward H.; Smith, Conor; Soloviev, Alexander; Venkataramani, Shankar; Zha, Ge-Cheng; and Zhu, Ping, "Research Overview of the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE)" (2014). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 2420.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/2420