2014 Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Forecast
By: Donald Scavia, Mary Anne Evans, and Dan Obenour
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Abstract
The Gulf of Mexico annual summer hypoxia forecasts are based on average May total nitrogen loads from the Mississippi River basin for that year. The load estimate, recently released by USGS, is 4,761 metric tons per day. Based on that estimate, we predict the area of this summer’s hypoxic zone to be 14,000 square kilometers (95% credible interval, 8,000 to 20,000) – an “average year”.
Our forecast hypoxic volume is 50 km3 (95% credible interval, 20 to 77).
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Title | 2014 Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Forecast |
| Year Published | 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of Michigan |
| Publisher location | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Country | Mexico;United States |
| Other Geospatial | Gulf Of Mexico |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |