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Coastal Response Research Center Update
Nancy E. KinnerAmy MertenCo-Directors
Spills Advisory GroupMarch 8, 2007
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Handouts
• One page description of new 2007 projects• Table of projects funded to date• Human dimensions workshop report• Dispersants forum agenda• Center regional focus one pager• Contact information
• On Center website (www.crrc.unh.edu)• Current projects, presentations, events, links
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Center’s Strategic Plan
• 3-5 year horizon starting in 2007• Three topics of Center focus
• Dispersant use• Submerged oil• Oil-in-Ice
• Within each topic, three areas of emphasis• Injury Assessment • Integrated Modeling and Ocean Observing• Human Dimensions
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Injury Assessment
Integrated Modelingand Observing
Human Dimensions
SubmergedOil
Oil-in-Ice
DispersantUse
Focus Topics
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Dispersant Use
• Dispersants have been Center focus• Annual RFP topic• Sept 2005 Workshop• Center leads Dispersants Working Group (DWG)
• Dispersants emphasis continues because of:• Continued DWG efforts pending US Coast Guard
(USCG) in-shore dispersant requirements in Spring 2007
• Many unanswered questions remain
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Submerged Oil
• Increase in amount of heavy oils being transported/used in U.S.
• Recent high profile incidents• Athos I• DBL 152
• Coincides with Congressional actions and USCG initiative
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Oil-in-Ice• Global Warming• Arctic ice melting → Increased human
activity• Coincides with International Polar Year
efforts• Coincides with SINTEF Joint Industry
Program• Coincides with U.S. Arctic Research
Commission concern
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Areas of Emphasis Within Topics
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Injury Assessment
• Emphasis for NOAA in its role as natural resource trustee
• Unique focus of NOAA/Center vs. other oil spill entities• MMS, USCG
• Continued emphasis for Center• Annual RFP topic• Toxicity Working Group
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Integrated Modeling and Ocean Observing
• Integrated modeling focus of Center’s Fall 2006 Institute
• Biological integration in physical/chemical spill response and recovery models
• Models are integral parts of dispersant, submerged oil and oil-in-ice topics
• Models need to incorporate ocean observing system information• e.g., HF radar, GPS-drifter and drogues
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Human Dimensions
• Identified as important during Center’s Nov 2003 Research Need Workshop
• Focus of June 2006 Workshop• Needs to be incorporated into planning,
emergency response, damage assessment and long term restoration for spills
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Annual Request For Proposals
•Identification of priority research needs•Center Strategic Plan•Center-hosted research needs workshops•Dispersants Working Group (DWG)
•Research needs meetings with NOAA staff occurring in March/April•RFP released on Center website on May 15
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Newly Funded Research
• Dispersion effectiveness and particle size distribution f( turbulence, environmental conditions) [Katz, Johns Hopkins]• Digital holographic imaging
• Natural dispersion f( wave energy, long-term weathering) modeling algorithm [Reed, SINTEF]
• HF radar validation (Safe Seas ’06) and protocols [Garfield, SFSU]
• Synthesis of restoration scaling methods [Peterson, UNC]
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Annual RFP Topics
2006• Dispersed Oil • Submerged Oil• Integrating Ocean
Observing Systems and Spill Response
• Uncertainty and Risk Communication
• Habitat Recovery• Restoration Scaling
Methods
2007• Dispersed Oil • Submerged Oil • Integrating Ocean
Observing Systems and Spill Response
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Dispersants Update• February 1-2, 2007: Dispersants Research
Forum in Redbank, NJ• DWG PIs presented current research followed by
DWG meeting to assess progress on research needs
• Which research needs have been addressed and what remains to be answered
• Now international participation in DWG (e.g., CEDRE, DFO, Env. Canada, SINTEF, UK MCA)
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Human Dimensions of Spills Research Needs Workshop
• Topics Discussed:• Communication, • Valuing natural resources • Social impacts • Subsistence • Environmental ethics • Organizational (institutional) behavior
• Date: June 13-15, 2006 at UNH• Report in today’s packets
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Other Outreach Initiatives
• Submerged/Heavy Oil Research Needs Workshop • December 2006 held jointly with US Coast Guard• Topics: Detection and Monitoring; Containment
and Recovery; Fate and Effects; Protection of Intakes
• Report available on website in May 2007• Coastal/Ocean Observing Systems and Oil
Spill Response/Recovery Integration Workshop • September 2007
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Oil-In-Ice Experiment
• SINTEF and Joint Industry Program conducting “experimental” oil spill in Norwegian waters in 2009
• Numerous physical, chemical and modeling projects
• Center and NOAA will oversee biological component• Exposure and effects of oil on sea-ice microbial
communities • Including biodegradation
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CRRC Research Symposium
• Biennial symposium where results of Center-funded projects are presented by PIs
• Free, open to all• Date/Time: April 19, 2007; 0830 to 1700• Location: NOAA Sand Point (Seattle,WA)• Agenda in today’s handouts• Webcast available after April 20• Presentation slides posted on Center website• Contact [email protected] to attend
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www.crrc.unh.edu• Center Website
• Projects• Proposals• Progress reports• Final reports• Presentations• Articles
• Upcoming events/workshops/meetings of interest on spill response, recovery and restoration and related topics
• Center contact information
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Coastal Response Research Center
www.crrc.unh.edu