REPORT DATE: 04-28-2020
REPORT TIME: 0300 UTC
REGION: GULF OF MEXICO
SUB REGION: N/A
AREA/BLOCK: MISSISSIPPI CANYON    20
IMAGE DATE: 04-27-2020
IMAGE TIME: 1628 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2B 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 28°56'16" N/88°58'14" W
AREA: 2.52 square kilometers
CONFIDENCE: High
REMARKS: Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. The anomaly was 7.8nm long and narrow. Part of the anomaly was silvery in appearance which indicates thicker oil. The anomaly was located mostly to the west of the destroyed Taylor Platform, which aligned with the wind from the E around 12knots at the time.

UNCERTAINTIES: The western part of the oil anomaly was quite diffuse thus often hard to see.

Maps and shapefiles can be accessed at: www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/marinepollution/

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For further information on oil spill response and assessment go to:https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills 


ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html#/layers=1+44528&x=-88.97496472353683&y=28.943005146116437&z=11&panel=layer


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