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Environmental Response Management Application

Amy Merten, Michele Jacobi, John Whitney and Nancy Kinner

October 28, 2008

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Acknowledgments

• Portsmouth Harbor area local and regional response community.

• Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC) facilitated and funded the development of ERMA.

• Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) provided funding.

• Development by: • NOAA Office of Response and Restoration• UNH Earth Systems Data Collaborative• UNH-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center• UNH Research Computing

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Outline

• Overview background and design process

• Discuss of how web-based GIS technology can assist in a environmental response effort and operations

• Highlight examples of the ERMA’s capabilities

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Coastal Response Research Center

• Partnership between NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) and University of New Hampshire

• Mission:• Develop new approaches to spill

response and restoration through research/synthesis of information

• ERMA Sites:• Operational in Portsmouth NH• Planned in Caribbean (EPA Region 2)• Discussions with Arctic Community

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Continuum of “Response” for the OR&R

Emergency Response Division

(ERD)

Response(24 hours)

Restoration - Recovery

(Years to Decades)

Assessment and Restoration Division

(ARD)

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• Diverse datasets can be interlaced on a single map to better visualize a the complex nature of an area

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words…

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Why use a web based GIS platform during a Response? • Integrate and synthesize various

types of information • Provide fast visualization of

current information• Improve communication and

coordination among responders and stakeholders

• Provide resource managers with the information they need to make better informed decisions

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Functional Web GIS Platform for Response

• Package data in a well-designed management, visualization, and analysis tool:• Easily accessible - field and command • User friendly• Quick to display• Capable of real-time data display• Simple to update/ download from• Secure

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Project Partners: Technical Advisers

Additional Partners• US Coast Guard• US EPA• NH Dept. Environmental

Services• ME Dept. Environmental

Protection• NH Fish and Game• NH Coastal Manager• NH Div. Emergency

Services• Piscataqua River

Cooperative• FL Fish & Wildlife

NOAA • Office of Response and

Restoration• Coastal Services Center• Office Coast Survey• Weather Service• Gulf of ME Ocean

Observing SystemUNH

• Joint Hydrographic Center• Joint Center for Ocean

Observing Technology• Cooperative Institute for

Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology

• Coastal Ocean Observing and Analysis

• Research Computing Center

• Earth Systems Data Collaborative

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ERMA Schematic View

ERMA Architecture

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Demo Highlights

Site basics• Secure access• Document & data

links• ESI information• NOS/NOAA data

• Real-time feed for weather, ships

• Incident information• Trajectories• Resource Movements• Shoreline

Assessment results

Interactive Tools• Zoom to location• Interactive drawing

areas of interest• Upload/ Download• File and site access

management

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Easy to Access Data Types

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Critical Datasets for Environmental Response

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Link to documents and Download data

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Data Table Access

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Real-time vessel traffic from AIS

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NOAA Navigational Charts

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Weather and Buoy Observations

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Weather and Buoy Observations

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Interactive Tools

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Interactive Tools

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Interactive Tools

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Interactive Tools

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Interactive Tools

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Environmental Response Management Application