We ask that a proper acknowledgement to the «NOAA Hurricane Research Division of AOML» accompany the use of these data in any publications or presentations. (aoml.noaa.gov)
«There likely will be little traces of the hydrocarbons in the water that is condensed to form rain, but it will likely make up less than normal pollution does,» says research meteorologist Frank Marks, director of hurricane research at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Fla. «The amount of water vapor evaporated that might contain hydrocarbons related to the spill will be very, very small.» (scientificamerican.com)
Also Christopher Landsea with the NOAA Hurricane Research Division found less intense intense hurricanes. (realclimate.org)