From Nextgov.com: Navy joins effort to track moving oil slick in the Gulf
The service deploys systems to measure currents, water temperature, salinity and organic matter such as oil from the surface to depths of thousands of feet to develop a model of the evolving spill and where it's headed.
To support the federal response to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the Naval Oceanographic Office has deployed sensor systems to monitor surface currents and measure physical properties of the deeper Gulf waters to better analyze the disbursement of the millions of barrels of oil that has poured into the environment.
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