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Application of a Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Model for Guidance of Response Efforts Related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Along the Coast of Alabama and Florida

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Title Page Contents List of Figures List of Tables Conversion Factors Abbreviations Executive Summary Introduction Methods Results Digital Data Files Discussion Summary and Conclusions References Cited Appendix 1. Scenarios Appendix 2. Example Model Input Files Appendix 3. Calculations of Mobility and Potential Flux Appendix 4. File Naming Conventions Appendix 5. Time Step of Maximum Ebb and Flood for Inlets in the Model Domain

ADCP acoustic doppler current profiler BP British Petroleum CO-OPS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services DOI U.S. Department of the Interior EMC Environmental Modeling Center FOSC Deepwater Horizon Federal On-Scence Coordinator GCRO Gulf Coast Restoration Organization HYCOM Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model JONSWAP Joint North Sea Wave Project NCEP National Center for Environmental Prediction NDBC National Data Buoy Center NGDC National Geophysical Data Center NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NRDA Natural Resource Damage Assessment Team NRL Naval Research Laboratory NWS National Weather Service OSAT Operational Science Advisory Team R2 coefficient of determination RMSE root mean square error SRB surface residual ball SWAN Simulating Waves Nearshore USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USCG U.S. Coast Guard USGS U.S. Geological Survey