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Where Can the Oil Go? ow comes through the Yucatan Strait (LOOP CU Leaves the Florida Strait as the GULF ST www.google.com/maps
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Where Can the Oil Go?

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Where Can the Oil Go?. www.google.com/maps. The flow comes through the Yucatan Strait ( LOOP CURRENT ). Leaves the Florida Strait as the GULF STREAM. Where Can the Oil Go?. www.google.com/maps. The LOOP CURRENT breaks away to form eddies. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Page 1: Where Can the Oil Go?

Where Can the Oil Go?

The flow comes through the Yucatan Strait (LOOP CURRENT)Leaves the Florida Strait as the GULF STREAM

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Where Can the Oil Go?

The LOOP CURRENT breaks away to form eddiesEddies are swirling waters that can rotate in opposite directions

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Where Can the Oil Go?

The Mississippi River pushes freshwater into the Gulf Freshwater is not as heavy as ocean water, so the oil has not gone too far inland

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Main Surface Currents in the Gulf of Mexico

http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu

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Deepwater Horizon Drilling Site

Fictional Oil Slick www.google.com/maps

This is a sample animation. It does not show where the oil actually went.

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Coastal Modeling: Oil Where Art Thou?Create a custom movement of where you think the oil may be go based on eddies, currents, and the Mississippi River.

1. Click on either ‘oil slick’ & then click on the Animations tab at the top.

2. Scroll through the different choices of animations & choose Custom Path.

3. Draw your custom “oil transport”.

4. Click on the Animation Pane button (next to the different choices of animation).

5. Within the pane, you can alter the duration & start time of each animation.

6. Add additional ‘oil slicks’ (copy & paste) or even create your own ‘oil slick’ (Insert tab --> Shapes button).

7. When you are finished, view the slide show. 1. Click on either ‘oil slick’ & then click on the Animations tab at the top.

2. Click on the Custom Animation tab to the left.

3. The Animation Pane pops up on the right; click on Freeform.

4. A drop-down box appears; click on Scribble.

5. Draw your custom “oil transport”.

5. Within the pane, you can alter the duration & start time of each animation.

6. Add additional ‘oil slicks’ (copy & paste) or even create your own ‘oil slick’ (Insert tab --> Shapes button).

7. When you are finished, view the slide show.

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Deepwater Horizon Drilling Site

Fictional Oil Slickwww.google.com/maps