WWNO

What's the 'Loop Current' and how does it impact hurricanes? LSU professor answers our questions

With the hurricane season now upon us, experts are saying 2022 could see another above-average year of activity. NOAA is predicting the possibility of three to six major hurricanes. There’s a lot of ...
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New Report Calls for Comprehensive Research Campaign to Better Understand, Predict Gulf of Mexico's Loop Current System

WASHINGTON – A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for an international, multi-institutional comprehensive campaign of research, observation, and ...
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Advancing Understanding of Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Dynamics -

As the dominant ocean circulation feature in the Gulf of Mexico, the behavior of the Loop Current System (LCS) influences all types of ocean processes and has major implications for a variety of human ...
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High Octane Hurricane Fuel in the Gulf of Mexico: 2 Loop Current Eddies

Above: Ocean currents in the Gulf of Mexico as depicted by the U.S. Navy HYCOM model on July 21, 2018. Colors represent the speed of the current, in centimeters per second. Dark red colors are ...