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Such processes operate at spatial scales and involve physics not currently captured in operational circulation models. Images provided by the large amounts of surface oil produced in the DwH incident revealed a rich array of flow patterns ( 10) showing organization of surface oil not only by mesoscale straining into the loop current “Eddy Franklin,” but also by submesoscale processes. The region lies between the mesoscale eddy-driven deep water GoM ( 7) and the wind-driven shelf ( 8) while also being subject to the buoyancy input of the Mississippi River plume during the spring and summer months ( 9). The main factors controlling surface dispersion in the DeSoto Canyon region remain unclear. Whereas ocean general circulation models were widely used during and after the DwH incident ( 2– 6), such models only capture the main mesoscale processes (spatial scale larger than 10 km) in the GoM. Accurate prediction requires knowledge of the ocean flow field at all relevant temporal and spatial scales. Primary scientific questions, with immediate practical implications, arising from such catastrophic pollutant injection events are the path, speed, and spreading rate of the pollutant patch. The Deepwater Horizon (DwH) incident was the largest accidental oil spill into marine waters in history with some 4.4 million barrels released into the DeSoto Canyon of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) from a subsurface pipe over ∼84 d in the spring and summer of 2010 ( 1). Our findings allow quantification of the submesoscale-driven dispersion missing in current operational circulation models and satellite altimeter-derived velocity fields. The results demonstrate the feasibility and utility of deploying large clusters of drifting instruments to provide synoptic observations of spatial variability of the ocean surface velocity field. Observed two-point statistics confirm the accuracy of classic turbulence scaling laws at 200-m to 50-km scales and clearly indicate that dispersion at the submesoscales is local, driven predominantly by energetic submesoscale fluctuations. Using high-frequency position data provided by the near-simultaneous release of hundreds of accurately tracked surface drifters, we study the structure of submesoscale surface velocity fluctuations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Fundamental questions concerning the structure of the velocity field at the submesoscales (100 m to tens of kilometers, hours to days) remain unresolved due to a lack of synoptic measurements at these scales. Accurate prediction of pollutant pathways and concentrations at the ocean surface requires understanding ocean dynamics over a broad range of spatial scales. It reached the same peak on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts.Reliable forecasts for the dispersion of oceanic contamination are important for coastal ecosystems, society, and the economy as evidenced by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and the Fukushima nuclear plant incident in the Pacific Ocean in 2011. "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, debuting on the chart week of Decemand peaking at number 7 in early 1995. B-side "Darned If I Don't" received a nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammy Awards that same year.
The song won Shenandoah and Krauss two awards in 1995: the Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Jim Ridley of New Country magazine cited "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" as a standout on the album, describing Krauss' vocal as "cut through the slick arrangement like sunlight through fog." David Zimmerman of USA Today wrote that the song "catapaulted onto country radio," and Associated Press writer Jim Patterson said that the song's success helped to boost sales of her independent album Now That I've Found You. The track's B-side, " Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)," was later released in early 1995 as the second single from the album. That album was released in November 1994 as In the Vicinity of the Heart, with the title track as the first single release from it.
RCA gave Liberty the master recordings of an album that the band was in the process of recording at the time, and the label added "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" to make the album meet its preferred album format. In August 1994, Shenandoah left its previous label, RCA Records for Liberty Records, which at the time was the Nashville division of Capitol Records.