Evaluation of the Use of Hindcast Model Data for Oil Spill Risk Analysis (OSRA) in a Period of Rapidly Changing Conditions

On behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, (BOEMRE, formerly the Minerals Management Service), I would like to invite you to attend a workshop for a recently awarded project entitled, “Evaluation of the Use of Hindcast Model Data for OSRA in a Period of Rapidly Changing Conditions”. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is the prime contractor for this project. Dr. Heather Crowley, is the BOEMRE Project Manager. The purpose of the project is to review the current status of oceanographic knowledge in the Arctic and consider the effects that climate change may be having on circulation patterns in the region, particularly in the Beaufort, Bering and Chukchi Seas. The overall goal of the project is to assess meteorological forcing, ice motion and surface ocean current results from hindcast models and to recommend scientific methodology to account for recent rapidly changing conditions in the Arctic for the purposes of Oil Spill Risk Analysis (OSRA).

A three day workshop is planned for March 29-31, 2011 at the SAIC Conference Center in McLean, Virginia (just outside of Washington, DC). The workshop objectives are:

There is no charge to attend the workshop.

To register for the workshop. please contact:

Dr. William B. Samuels

Science Applications International Corporation