A Wave-Current Online Information System For Oil Spill Contingency Planning

Gregory W. Stone, Ph.D.
James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor of Marine Geology
Coastal Studies Institute and Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the Field Support Group in the Coastal Studies Institute for all assistance in developing the WAVCIS program.  Thanks also to Ph.D. students Brian Alleva and David Pepper for assistance in the laboratory and field.  Xiongping Zhang assisted in all web-based and data processing, and Mary Lee Eggard and Clifford Duplechin are thanked for cartographic work. This project has been funded by the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Wetland, Planning and Protection Act, Louisiana Board of Regents, Center for Coastal Energy and Environmental Resources (LSU), Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Army Corps of Engineers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Park service.  We acknowledge the cooperation of Texaco and the Louisiana University Marine Consortium for platform use.