Hydrographic Services Review Panel

October 12, 2010

People – who live and work in and love the Gulf

Quality of life and livelihoods at stake

NOAA also lives and works in the Gulf –

Weather and river forecast officesOcean and fisheries servicesResearch labs and data centersCooperative Institutes

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What’s at Stake?

OceansResponseRestoration

Fisheries

Weather

Satellites

ResearchScientistsVessels

Services across NOAA3

National Ocean ServiceOceanographic modeling supportProduction of nautical charts that display the spill zone forecast - Data to support trajectory forecastsCollection of aerial imageryOperation and maintenance of systems to measure water levels, weather, and near-shore current metersSupport for National Estuarine Research Reserves and Gulf coastal managersCollection of data to monitor contaminants in the areaAssessment of socioeconomic impacts

National Ocean Service’s Contributions

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Performing sub-surface testing to determine presence of oil and monitor water quality

Vessels5

THOMAS JEFFERSON GORDON GUNTER

PISCES DELAWARE II Numerous Partnerships

• Nautical charts for response efforts

• Spill zone forecasts included on charts for vessel routing

Nav Services: Bathymetry, Charts

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• Acoustic and fluorometric scanning for subsurface oil

Nav Services: Subsurface Oil

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Nav Services: Aerial Imagery

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Aircraft – New NOAA King AirImagery – Visible and Near Infrared (NIR)Data -

69,954 Images Collected5,695 Mosaic Tiles Created5.4TB of Data

Dissemination – ERMAUSGS Hazards Data Disaster Center

• Spill trajectory support

• Tides, currents, and weather analyses

• Supporting safe navigation into and out of ports

Nav Services: PORTS, Quicklook

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PISCES DELAWARE II

Data Resources

-www.DEEPWATERHORIZON.NOAA.GOV

www.GEOPLATFORM.GOV/GULFRESPONSE

www.NOAA.GOV/SCIENCEMISSIONS/BPOILSPILL.HTML

www.RESTORETHEGULF.GOV

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Nearshore, wellhead, offshore

bathymetry

Spill trajectory

Shipping lanes

Tide, water level stations

Aerial images

GeoPlatform – a closer look

Maritime Commerce12

11 of the top 25 U.S. Ports were directly affected due to inspections, decontamination, and other spill impacts

NOAA, USCG, and Navy:

Alternative anchorage areas for vessels requiring inspection and decontamination before entering port

Magnetometer survey for pilots to ensure anchors would not rupture buried, uncharted pipelines