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Response Oil Assay Working Group 1: What Should Be In The Database?

 

As NOAA works to build up a database of oil records to support response, we need to know what information should be in each record. This working group will seek to define the properties that should be included in the “Response Oil Assay”.

 

Proposed Activity:

Definite “tiers” of records, something along the lines of:

  • Minimal: least amount of data required to put it in the database
  • Responding: Core information required to inform response. E.g. the information required to populate a Responder’s Data Sheet (Working Group 3)
  • Modeling: Minimal Data required to feed oil weathering models
  • Environmental Impact Assessment: Required data for doing impact assessments ahead of time
  • Complete: everything we might need to know
  • Define which kinds of data are required and recommended for each tier of record.

Expected Outcome: 

The result will be a definition of what data needs to be collected / measured for each tier of data record. This can be used to both define what data needs to be collected for a given use case, and allow us to “score” the records for their intended use, e.g. if the user wants to use an oil record for an oil weathering model run, they will know if it has the required data.

 

Final Outcome for Working Group 1:

 

Final Summary Document (as of August 12, 2021; authored by Robert Jones)

Use Case Survey (as of March 30, 2021) large excel spreadsheet with tabs

 

 Participants in Working Group 1:

Robert Jones, NOAA OR&R ERD, Project Lead

Nancy Kinner, Coastal Response Research Center/UNH

Julie Adams, Queen's University

Benadette Adewale, USCG R&D Center

Chris Barker, NOAA OR&R ERD

Laura Basirico, LSU

Adriana Bejarano, Shell Oil Company

Amanda Bess, Chevron

Victoria Broje, Shell Oil Company

John Caplis, BSEE

Robyn Conmy, US EPA

David Cooper, SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd.

Heather Dettman, Natural Resources Canada

Anusha Dissanayake, SINTEF

Paige Doelling, NOAA OR&R ERD SSC

Faith Fitzpatrick, U.S. Geological Survey

Deborah French McCay, RPS

Lindsey Gilman, Exponent

Jonas Gros, GEOMAR

Greg Hall, USCG Academy

Bruce Hollebone, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Manoj Kamalanathan, Texas A&M University at Glaveston

Bill Lehr, NOAA OR&R ERD

Guillaume Marcotte, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Rachael Mueller, University of British Columbia

Paul Panetta, Applied Resaerch Associates

Julie Pilon, National Environmental Emergencies Canada

Steve Tuttle, Navy NRL

Marlea Wagelmans, (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands)

Ed Wirth, NOAA NCCOS