Figure 4
Climatological LCSs (blue curves) on climatological attraction strength (lncρ; colors) for August in the western GoM. (a) Superimposed in the left panel is oil from the Ixtoc spill as observed (Landsat/MSS satellite sensor) on August 1 (light gray), August 2 (gray) and August 21 (black), 1979. (b) Superimposed in the right panel is oil (black) from the Ixtoc spill as observed (Landsat/MSS and CZCS satellite sensors) through the almost 10-month duration of the blowout. The location of the blowout (92.33°W,19.41°N) is marked with a red cross and the 50-m isobath is plotted in cyan. Confirmed beachings reported by Sun et al.29 are marked with yellow triangles. Created with Matlab R2016B (www.mathworks.com).
