The Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC) was established as a partnership between the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in 2004.
The CRRC partnership stimulates innovation in spill preparedness, response, assessment, and implementation of optimum spill recovery strategies. The primary purpose of the Center is to bring together the resources of a research-oriented university and the field expertise of OR&R to conduct and oversee basic and applied research, conduct outreach, and encourage strategic partnerships in spill response, assessment and restoration. Learn More
News
- Keystone's biggest oil spill cleanup continues in KansasWBUR 03/07/2023
- Review of ICCOPR's 2022-2027 Oil Pollution Research and Technology PlanNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2023
- NOAA and Partners Release New Report on Estimating and Measuring Oil Slick ThicknessNOAA Office of Response and Restoration 2/13/2023
- Incident Responses for January 2023NOAA Office of Response and Restoration 2/14/2023
- Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research 2023-2024U.S. Arctic Research Commission 2/15/2023
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Coordinated Response Protected Southern Residents From Sunken Ship Leaking OilNOAA Fisheries 02/3/2023
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National Guard Leaders Join Multi-state Arctic EventAir National Guard News 02/01/2023
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A Look Back on the Year in Emergency Response NOAA OR&R Blog 01/12/2023
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NOAA's 2022 Year in Review NOAA 1/18/2023
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Chemical measurements confirm official estimate of Gulf oil spill rate NOAA 1/9/2023
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Scientists analyze dolphin breaths to better understand risks from surface oilNOAA 12/15/2022
Workshop Reports
- Mesoscale Experimental Protocol for Oil Movement Under Sea Ice (2023) thesis by Jessica Manning
- Comparing Recent Advances in Estimating and Measuring Oil Slick Thickness: MPRI Technical Report (released January 2023)
- Sunken Oil Transport Tool (SOTT) (released December 2022)
- Greater Houston Area Bottlenose Dolphin Data Gaps - A Workshop Report (released November 2022)
- 2022 NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Summit - final report (released August 2022)
- UAS Characterization of Oil in Ice Volume 1: Laboratory Results
(CRREL/RDC/WaterMapping) (February 2022) - UAS Characterization of Oil in Ice Volume 2: Supplemental Laboratory Data (CRREL/RDC/WaterMapping) (February 2022)
- Estimating the Loss Reduction Effects of Disaster Preparedness: An Empirical Study of U.S. Coastal States (released March 2022)
- NRDA West Coast Emerging Oils Report (released January 2022)
- 2022-2027 Oil Pollution Research and Technology Plan (released January 2022)
- AMSM Oil Spill Modeling for Improved Response to Arctic Maritime Spills: the Path Forward. A final knowledge product for Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC), August 2021
- NOS Hurricane Preparedness Summit 2021 Report (released August 2021)
- Proceedings of the Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Preparedness & Response Virtual Workshop and Tabletop Exercise (released August 2021)
- Development of a Sunken Oil Transport Tool Using Mesoscale Experiments. Thesis Dissertation by Melissa D. Gloekler, Ph.D. (May 2021)
- Oil Spill Modeling for Improved Response to Arctic Maritime Spills: The Path Forward. Thesis Dissertation by Megan Verfaillie, M.S. (May 2021)