NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration compiled environmental data from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The dataset contains discrete samples used to determine the extent and magnitude of injury to the Gulf ecosystem. Data collection occurred from May 1, 2010, to September 30, 2013, as part of the official Natural Resource Damage Assessment.
Use Cases
- Correlate contaminant concentration levels from discrete samples with geographic coordinates to map the spatial extent of the spill's impact.
- Analyze temporal trends in environmental parameters to assess ecosystem recovery over the 2010-2013 observation period.
- Use integrated data fields to model the relationship between spill magnitude and injury to specific marine resources for damage liability studies.
Strengths
- Data spans over three years of continuous monitoring from May 2010 to September 2013.
- Dataset was standardized and integrated into NOAA's authoritative DIVER data warehouse for quality assurance.
Limitations
- The specific sample count, column names, and measurement variables are not provided in the metadata.
- Data is temporally stale, with the last update recorded in 2013, limiting analysis of long-term recovery beyond that period.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), originating from BP Public Release data integrated by NOAA Office of Response and Restoration.
- Collection Method
- Discrete environmental samples gathered, standardized, and integrated during the official Response and Assessment phases of the Deepwater Horizon incident.
- Time Range
- 2010-05-01 to 2013-09-30
- Freshness
- Static historical dataset; last updated 2013-09-30.
- Geography
- Gulf of Mexico, approximately 40 miles southeast of the Louisiana coast.