How COCMP and OOS programs can be used in a response

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How COCMP and OOS programs can be used in a
response Eric Terrill Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
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• Three Different Classes of Activities
• Planning
• Response
• Impact Assessment

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• Planning risk assessment and spill scenario
  response analysis
• Facilitate and Organize Data for Risk Assessment
• Data for Natural Resource Damage Assessment
• Biological Resources
• Beneficial Uses
• Historical Data Base of Meteorological and
  Oceanographic Conditions which influence spill
  transport and dispersion
• Ocean currents, winds, waves, stratification
• Synthesis of current patterns Tidal Analysis of
  best qa/qcd data
• Develop Products using statistical trajectory
  synthesis risk indices
• Support existing Area Committees/Groups, raise
  awareness of ocean observing customer base,
  establish best practices for flow of information
  during incident

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• Response During Event
• Delivery of timely data relevant to spill
  response activities
• Factors which influence oil spill transport
  (nowcast and forecasts) One Stop Shopping
  Integrated Products
• Ocean currents
• Wind conditions
• Waves
• Factors which influence response type and
  capability
• Sea State
• Visibility
• Maps of sensitive resources
• Specialized Data collection and Products during
  Event
• Drifter deployments
• Specialized sampling gear (eg. Fluorometers) to
  support of USCG Smart Teams
• Relocatable resources

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• Post Event Impact Assessment
• Accurate Hindcast of environment
• Data driven models of 3-D circulation (currents,
  winds, waves, ocean state) .
• Easy Access to environmental data for response
  assessment
• Long Term Trends of environment
• Is a long term change to the biota driven by
  event or climate change?

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EXAMPLE PRODUCTS
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Products Gap filled data, Trajectories Inside
SF BAY
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Products Gap filled data, Trajectories Outside
SF BAY
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LA/LB Customized Web Interface

• NOAA charts integrated with Model Output
  Prediction Points at key transfer locations
• Overlay for Shipping Lanes, Swell Model, and
  Surface Currents

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Features Toggle On/Off Overlays and Model
Output Prediction Points

• Surface currents or swell model overlay
  with/without Model Output Prediction (MOP)
  locations

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Access to Near Real-Time Data Feeds

• Wave Conditions and Surface Currents available in
  near real-time

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Interactive Google Maps Display of Near
Real-Time Surface Currents