Federal Government Sites

• EPA
• GeoPlatform.gov
• Fish & Wildlife Service
• U.S. Department of Energy
  • Oil Spill Data
• NASA
  • Remote Sensing Tutorial: Ecological Damage from Natural and Manmade Events, Oil Spills
• NOAA
  • Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
    • Monitoring the Gulf of Mexico Conditions
    • AXBT data from P-3 flights
  • Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
    • CO-OPS current meter data in the Gulfport, Pascagoula, and Mobile Bay areas 
    • CO-OPS current meter and wind data in the Gulfport, Pascagoula, and Mobile Bay areas 
  • Communications & Public Affairs
    • NOAA Oil Spill Response Fact Sheets
    • 2010 News Archive
  • Damage Assessment, Remediation & Restoration Program (DARRP)
    • Information about natural resource damage assessments conducted by NOAA’s DARRP 
  • External and Public Engagement
    • Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Information Resources
  • Fishery Service - Regional Team
    • NMFS – SE Regional Office
    • SE Federal Fisheries Closure and Other Information
    • SE Regional Office – Press Releases
    • SE Fishery Bulletins
  • Legislative & Intergovernmental Affairs
    • News and Updates
    • News and Updates Archive
    • Congressional Testimony
    • Upcoming Hearings and Markups
  • National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC)
    • Coastal Eco Systems Map GIS tool for the visualization of data sets on bathymetry, managed species, essential fish habitat (EFH), oyster reef locations, etc. 
    • Joint Analysis Group (JAG) The Joint Analysis Group (JAG) for Surface and Sub-Surface Oceanography, Oil and Dispersant Data is a working group with membership from NOAA, EPA, USGS, and OSTP.
  • National Marine Sanctuaries
    • Updates on the Deepwater Horizon incident as it pertains to sanctuaries 
  • National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
    • NODC Gulf of Mexico data and information 
    • Walton Smith Cruise Data 
  • National Ocean Service (NOS)
    • NOS response activities related to the spill
    • NOAA images related to the oil spill
    • NOAA video related to the oil spill
  • Mesonet Observations
    • WS Mesonet Observations
  • National Centers for Costal Ocean Science (NCCOS) GIS Regional Data
    • Imagery acquired by the NOAA Remote Sensing Division of the Gulf Coast following the DeepWater Horizon Incident 
  • NOAA Ship Tracker
    • The NOS Special Projects office hosts and maintains OMAO's Ship Tracker 
  • Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)
    • Daily updates on status of Deepwater Horizon response 
    • Daily incident response status
  • NOAA’s response to the BP oil spill
• National Weather Service (NWS)
  • Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Deepwater Horizon Incident Support 
• Washington State Department of Ecology

Image Galleries

 News Sources

Industry

Environmental Groups 

Education

• Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant Programs
  • Regional DWH Sea Grant website

Journal Articles

• EPA. (2003). Aerobic Biodegradation of Oily Wastes: A Field Guide Guidance Book for Federal On-Scene Coordinators. 
• Zhu, X., A.D. Venosa, M.T. Suidan, & K. Lee. (2001). Guidelines for the Bioremediation of Marine Shorelines and Freshwater Wetlands. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 Other Resources

• Ecosystem Data Assembly Center (EDAC)
  • IT infrastructure supporting ecosystem observations data and other related data collected in the Gulf Oil spill