1. Hydrographic Services Review Panel October 12, 2010

2. People – who live and work in and love the Gulf Quality of life and livelihoods at stake NOAA also lives and works in the Gulf – Weather and river forecast offices Ocean and fisheries services Research labs and data centers Cooperative Institutes 2 What’s at Stake?

3. Oceans Response Restoration Fisheries Weather Satellites Research Scientists Vessels Services across NOAA 3

4. National Ocean Service Oceanographic modeling support Production of nautical charts that display the spill zone forecast - Data to support trajectory forecasts Collection of aerial imagery Operation and maintenance of systems to measure water levels, weather, and near-shore current meters Support for National Estuarine Research Reserves and Gulf coastal managers Collection of data to monitor contaminants in the area Assessment of socioeconomic impacts National Ocean Service’s Contributions 4

5. Performing sub-surface testing to determine presence of oil and monitor water quality Vessels 5 THOMAS JEFFERSONGORDON GUNTER PISCESDELAWARE II Numerous Partnerships

6. Nautical charts for response efforts Spill zone forecasts included on charts for vessel routing Nav Services: Bathymetry, Charts 6

7. Acoustic and fluorometric scanning for subsurface oil Nav Services: Subsurface Oil 7

8. Nav Services: Aerial Imagery 8 Aircraft – New NOAA King Air Imagery – Visible and Near Infrared (NIR) Data - 69,954 Images Collected 5,695 Mosaic Tiles Created 5.4TB of Data Dissemination – ERMA USGS Hazards Data Disaster Center

9. Spill trajectory support Tides, currents, and weather analyses Supporting safe navigation into and out of ports Nav Services: PORTS, Quicklook 9 PISCESDELAWARE II

10. Data Resources -www.DEEPWATERHORIZON.NOAA.GOV www.GEOPLATFORM.GOV/GULFRESPONSE www.NOAA.GOV/SCIENCEMISSIONS/BPOIL SPILL.HTML www.RESTORETHEGULF.GOV 10

11. 11 Nearshore, wellhead, offshore bathymetry Spill trajectory Shipping lanes Tide, water level stations Aerial images GeoPlatform – a closer look

12. Maritime Commerce 12 11 of the top 25 U.S. Ports were directly affected due to inspections, decontamination, and other spill impacts NOAA, USCG, and Navy: Alternative anchorage areas for vessels requiring inspection and decontamination before entering port Magnetometer survey for pilots to ensure anchors would not rupture buried, uncharted pipelines