REPORT DATE: 09-03-2021
REPORT TIME: 0330 UTC
REGION: GULF OF MEXICO
SUB REGION: N/A
AREA/BLOCK: GRAND ISLE    39
IMAGE DATE: 09-02-2021
IMAGE TIME: 1638 UTC
DATA SOURCE: SENTINEL2B 
MODE: Multispectral  
RESOLUTION: 10 meter
LOCATION: 29°00'21" N/90°04'24" W
AREA: 10.60 square kilometers
CONFIDENCE: High
REMARKS: Possible oil was observed in satellite imagery. This anomaly is unconfirmed as oil. The anomaly is silvery in color likely due to sun illumination. It consisted of three sections. The length of these three sections are 13nm, 3nm and 3nm respectively. The anomaly was consistent with the previous reported MSPR (NRC 1315461) using ICEYE imagery taken 1 hour prior, , although with a smaller area.   The wind at the time was from WSW at 9kt.


UNCERTAINTIES:There were uncertainteis related to the exact source. The point source was chosen as it was located near where were large areas of oil, but it was not definite that this was the source. Also, the anomaly was near the edge of the imagey, so the actual content might be larger

Maps and shapefiles can be accessed at: www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/marinepollution/

ERMA: https://erma.noaa.gov/gulfofmexico/erma.html#/layers=1+47944&x=-90.141377&y=29.0210625&z=11&panel=layer

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