Refugio Additional Forensic Matches

Description

On May 19, 2015, a pipeline owned ruptured in Santa Barbara County, California, near Refugio State Beach. An estimated 21,000 gallons of the oil flowed overland from the break site into the Pacific Ocean and spread across the marine environment. NOAA and our state and federal partners are investigating these impacts and will determine the amount of restoration needed to return the environment to the condition it was in before the spill and to compensate the public for environmental degradation from the time of the spill until recovery. As a supplement to previous, independent chemical fingerprinting studies, this collaborative study was undertaken to identify the sources of crude oil comprising 22 oil/oily samples collected shortly (one to 14 days) following the May 19, 2015 Refugio Beach oil spill (RBOS) and determine the character of seven natural seep oils. This layer represents the locations of matches to line 901 oil found within the study.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Online Resource https://erma.noaa.gov/southwest/erma.html#/layers=12+38864&x=-119.41040&y=33.89778&z=8&panel=legend
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/57912
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/57912.pdf
0 Website listed for Office of Response and Restoration https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
21 erma.html https://erma.noaa.gov/southwest/erma.html
0 Website listed for Office of Response and Restoration https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

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  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • national ocean service
  • hazards mitigation
  • continent
  • doc/noaa/nos/orr
  • noaa
  • oil spills
  • north america
  • earth science services
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • environmental impacts
  • refugio beach oil spill
  • california
  • hazards management
  • office of response and restoration

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