Concept information
Preferred term
LATEX
Definition
- The Louisana-Texas Shelf Physical Oceanography Program (LATEX) is a six-year oceanographic research initiative that has as its principal objective the identification of key dynamical processes governing the circulation, transport, and cross-shelf mixing of the waters on the Texas-Louisiana shelf. Sponsored by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the Department of the Interior, LATEX is the largest shelf physical oceanography research project yet undertaken. MMS manages federal mineral resources on the continental shelf. To meet their environmental and managerial responsibilities, the Service needs to understand physical processes and circulation on the shelf and how they may affect the stability of structures and the transport of pollutants. In addition, shelf circulation data will be used in MMS's oil spill risk analysis models. Program Contact: LATEX A Program Office Department of Oceanography Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3146 tel: 409/845-9276 fax: 409/847-8879 e-mail: wnowlin@tamu.edu For more information, link to "http://www-ocean.tamu.edu/LATEX/" [Summary provided by Texas A & M University] (en)
Broader concept
- J - L (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/60db4374-5c7c-4355-b1eb-cd2787ca2559
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