https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.7 2026-04-15T10:53:30.610Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/projects/8314e555-e31c-41e2-b378-245c75f2a4cd GOMPOP Background The northeastern Gulf of Mexico has been the focus of only a few oceanographic and/or meteorological studies. A survey (1982) by an Environmental Studies Program (ESP) contractor found but a few oceanographic datasets. Most of the available hydrographic data are from the 1970's Mississippi-Alabama-Florida surveys. Available current data are from the Mississippi/Alabama Marine Ecosystem Study (MMS Contract 14-35-0001-30346), some Navy sponsored moorings near Pensacola, Chevron's moorings in the Destin Dome Area, a United States Geological Survey mooring south of Mobile, and several United States Army Corps of Engineers moorings on the inner shelf. Even though remote sensing data are probably the most recent information in this area, the synoptic collection of these images and their comparison with the data from other studies of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program is essential to the understanding of the areal extent and timing of events such as intru! sions, shelf/deep water exchanges, and river influence. Physical oceanography information in the northeastern Gulf is sufficient to make first order estimates of oil spill trajectories, but not enough to calculate the errors associated with these estimates. Objectives1. The objectives of this study are to assess the utility of merging remote sensing and field data to: assess the utility data products for examining regional circulation patterns in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico (NEGOM);2. Assess variability of dispersal patterns and sea surface temperature (SST) in the NEGOM;3. Study the correlation between sea level changes and surface altimetry, atmospheric forcing, SST, and buoy tracks; and integrate these results with ongoing MMS sponsored studies in the NEGOM.For more information, link to'http://www.mms.gov/eppd/sciences/esp/profiles/gm/GM-96-02C.htm'