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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1234

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

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


Inlet Latitude Longitude Maximum Flood TT Maximum Ebb TT
Mobile Bay 30.2253 -88.0381 8 18
Little Lagoon 30.2405 -87.7377 11 23
Perdido Pass 30.2724 -87.5594 10 18
Pensacola Pass 30.3210 -87.3083 7 19
Destin 30.3847 -86.5080 10 22
Panama City 30.1212 -85.7327 7 18

Table 5. Time step index corresponding to maximum flood and ebb for inlets within the model domain.
[The time step (TT) indicates the file naming convention for files in the geographic information system of this report, where files naming convention follows the pattern TT_mobility.xxx; xxx indicates the file format]

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