The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. Under Secretary of Commerce for - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D.

Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA

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Conduct & share science to: …Keep seafood safe …Protect wildlife & habitats …Assess damage …Restore the natural resources that were injured

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… in crisis conditions

TANKER SPILL CLEAN‐UP TECHNIQUES BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS Larva Adult

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AIRCRAFT data SHIP data GLIDER & FLOAT data

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Trajectory Forecast — MC252 Spot Weather Forecast

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University of South Florida UNH Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) USF CIMAR/University of Miami UNH Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping WHOI University of California at Santa Barbara Texas A&M

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson NOAA Ship Pisces NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter Pelican (UNOLS)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Research

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Penn State WHOI Temple University University of Louisiana (Lafayette)

NOAA WP3D

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Contract Vessels NRDA Cruise

NOAA WP3D

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Meetings/ Symposia

• May: OSTP Meeting; Dispersant Workshop
• June: COL Research Symposium
• Aug/Sept: Subsurface Monitoring Listening Sessions
• October: NSF Investigator Meeting

Academic Liaison Sea Grant Meetings and Database

Communicating to Scientists

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Communicating to Scientists

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Phases of Natural Resource Damage Assessment

NRDA is a scientific and legal process

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