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Pages containing examples and links to educational and training material
Potential sources for open code models in support of MAES
The met.no maritime drift model is not as sophisticated as SAROPS, but is web based and open source code. Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) is a comprehensive search and rescue (SAR) planning system used by the United States Coast Guard in the planning and execution of almost all SAR cases in and around the United States and the Caribbean.
Oil spill Met.no model is also web based and open source code for the trajectory part. For the weathering part, we must checked with SINTEF the status of their code.
NOAA GNOME / ADIOS2 models are also freely available
Training material
Mersea oil spill forecast demonstrations on the web
The Mersea project includes demonstrations of the use of Mersea ocean forecast products in marine oil spill modelling and forecasting. Two separate demonstration experiments were carried out in the Mediterranean Sea in the Fall of 2007.
A web-site has been set up to publish information about the demonstrations and results.
TRAINING LOCAL RESPONDERS: Emergency Response to Shipping Pollution Incident
Training support for anyone who may be or become involved in responding to a coastal pollution incident, is available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Clean-up Methodologies in the Event of an Oil Spill
What we need to know: influential environmental processes, pollutants, response.
What to do: preventives measures, clean-up, choice of techniques.
The WMU SAR Information Platform
The WMU SAR Information Platform gathers information about research projects, training courses and other relevant developments within the Search and Rescue community.
Workshop: Environmental Information and Trajectory Prediction in Oil Spill Response
9/14/2009 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration Fee: No charge, sponsored by Applied Science Associates
During a spill event, information is key to making good decisions on how to respond. Field observations, trajectory predictions, and weather forecasts need to be put together to make a coherent picture of the situation. This course provides an overview of a variety of spill case histories with discussion of the science that governs how spills behave. Observations discussed include overflight maps, beach surveys and simple oceanographic sampling. Different types of trajectory modeling will be demonstrated, including working with multiple (stochastic) trajectory simulations. Students will learn the basics of how to put together a spill timeline from the past to the present and into the future using field information and predictions, and how to integrate results with GIS applications such as ArcView® and Google Earth. No prior experience required, as this course contains both “rules of thumb” and sophisticated analysis techniques.
Instructor: Dr. “CJ” Beegle-Krause, ASA Senior Scientist
Use of Weather Forecasting for Emergency Response
Sunday, May 4, 2008
IOSC 2008 Short Course CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF PARTICIPATION
Course Length: 3.5 hours
Instructors: Larry Van Bussum/NOAA-NWS, Rick Davis/NOAA-NWS, Heath
Hockenberry/NOAA-NWS, and Amy Merten/NOAA
Objective: To introduce and describe the capabilities and benefits of incident-specific weather forecasting
Scope: Weather data available and the options for obtaining weather data on an incident will be presented. How can response operations best use weather data for operations safety and decision-making? Information on access to those unique services in the US will be described (others will be noted as available). Use of weather data for safety, incident response planning and operations will be described. Case examples will be provided by practitioners in wildfire control, prescribed burning, vessel groundings, in-situ burning, etc. Particular attention will be given to the use of on-scene meteorologists for response to large incidents and forecasting for in-situ burn planning and conduct.
Level: Introductory
Minimum/Maximum Attendance: minimum 10, maximum 50
Contact:
Larry Van Bussum
National Fire Weather Operations Coordinator
National Weather Service
3833 South Development Ave., Bldg 3807
Boise, ID 83705
Work: 208-334-9824
larry.vanbussum@noaa.gov
(Last Updated: 10-09-2009)