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