The flow comes through the Yucatan Strait LOOP CURRENT Leaves the Florida Strait as the GULF STREAM wwwgooglecommaps Where Can the Oil Go The LOOP CURRENT breaks away to form eddies ID: 404416
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Slide1
Where Can the Oil Go?
The flow comes through the Yucatan Strait (
LOOP CURRENT
)
Leaves the Florida Strait as the
GULF STREAM
www.google.com/mapsSlide2
Where Can the Oil Go?
The
LOOP CURRENT
breaks away to form eddies
Eddies
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.eduSlide5
Deepwater Horizon Drilling Site
Fictional Oil Slick
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This is a
sample
animation. It does not
show where the oil actually went.Slide6
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.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007Slide7
Deepwater Horizon Drilling Site
Fictional Oil Slick
www.google.com/maps