GoMRI Synthesis Workshop-MOSSFA 2018
200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, 77553
26-28 November 2018
| Monday 26 November 2018 |
18:30 | Opening Reception
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| Tuesday, 27 November 2018 | 8:30 | Introduction, Workshop Goals GoMRI Leadership & Antonietta Quigg |
| MOSSFA Formation
Chair: Peter Santschi |
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| 9:00 | Marine oil snow formation: Insights into mechanisms from targeted experiments. Presentation link Uta Passow, Memorial University – Ocean Sciences Centre, Canada |
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| 9:20 | From exudates to snow: unraveling their production, aggregation, and composition and the relevance to oil transport. Presentation link Chen Xu, Texas A&M University at Galveston |
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| 9:40 | Microbial interactions on marine oil snow. Presentation link Kai Ziervogel, University of New Hampshire |
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| 10:00 | OSA (oil-suspended particulate matter) formation and modeling
Ali Khelifa, Bedford Institute of Oceanography – Centre for Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Research, Canada |
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| 10:20 | Formation Breakout 1 | |
| 11:00 | Formation Breakout 2 (random)
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| 12:00 | Lunch
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| MOSSFA Sedimentation
Chair: Jeff Chanton |
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| 13:00 | Sedimentation of Hydrocarbon Mixtures after the DWH: Spatial Extent and Fate. Isabel Romero, University of South Florida – College of Marine Science | |
| 13:15 | MOSSFA: Seafloor extent, impact, preservation and baselines. Presentation link Patrick Schwing, University of South Florida – College of Marine Science |
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| 13:30 | Potential interactions of sediment-rich river plumes with oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. Presentation link Mead Allison, Tulane University |
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| 13:45 | The second half of MOSSFA: Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation. Presentation link Bekka Larson, Eckerd College |
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| 14:00 | Secondhand MOS in the deep ocean – a smoking gun. Presentation link Arne Diercks, University of Southern Mississippi |
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| 14:30 | Sedimentation Breakout 1 | |
| 15:15 | Sedimentation Breakout 2 (random) | |
| 16:00 | Poster Session
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| Wednesday, 28 November 2018 | MOSSFA Modeling
Chair: Adrian Burd |
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| 9:00 | Operational Fate and Transport Oil Spill Modeling: State of Practice. Chris Barker, NOAA OR&R |
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| 9:20 | Developments in numerical modeling of oil spills before and after Deepwater Horizon Spill. Presentation link Anusha Dissanayake, RPS-Ocean Science |
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| 9:40 | Environmental Significance of Oil Particle Interactions in Oil Spill Response. Presentation link Ken Lee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada & , New Jersey Institute of Technology |
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| 10:00 | Modeling Breakout 1 | |
| 11:00 | Modeling Breakout 2 (random)
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| 12:00 | Lunch
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| MOSSFA Consequences for Response/Restoration/Policy
Chair: David Hollander |
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| 13:00 | MOSSFA’s Impact on Post DWH Spill Response. Presentation link Nancy Kinner, University of New Hampshire |
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| 13:20 | How MOSSFA factored into the Deepwater Horizon NRDA with considerations for future responses and assessments Presentation link Lisa DiPinto, NOAA OR&R |
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| 13:40 | Marine snow, oil deposition on the seabed and the possibility of Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation (MOSSFA) Presentation link Thomas Coolbaugh, ExxonMobil |
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| 14:00 | Final Breakout (random) | |
| 14:45 | Break | |
| 15:30 | Workshop Report-outs |
