Re: SEACOOS team on S&R

All,
   I added a few thoughts (with track changes) as attached.  I beliee 
that we can use this same doucumetn to address harmful spills since the 
same information are needed.  What wouold have to be added is a 
paragraph giving the contacts and line o authority for harmful spills. 
There are both national lines of communication and state and local 
lines.  I will make some inquires as regards the local lines here.
Bob

Harvey Seim wrote:

> All - below is an attempt to initiate discussion on a SEACOOS connection to SAR activities.  PLEASE READ AND
COMMENT - the workshop is a month away!
> 
> Also, we need something similar on spill response - any volunteers?  
> 
> Harvey
> 
> SEARCH and RESCUE information			
> (HS, 6/22/05)
> 
> 
> What are the coastal ocean/atmosphere information needs to support 
> this application?
> 
> For maritime SAR, information on drift path, sea state and temperature are critical.  Ideally drift is
directly measured with a beacon, but when not, is estimated from currents, winds and directional waves
given some characterization of the drifter (e.g. human or vessel, windage, etc).   Sea state is wave field
(height and period or spectrum), and sea and wind temperature are important when a person is at risk.
> 
> Which federal and state agencies and private sector entities play which 
> roles?
> 
> Led at federal level by the National Search and Rescue Committee, composed of DOD, DOI, DOC, DOT, DHS, FCC
and NASA (http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-o/g-opr/nsarc/nsarc.htm).  For maritime SAR in continental US
the Coast Guard runs Rescue Coordinating Centers (RCCs) associated with each district.  For the SEACOOS
domain this includes the fifth (out of Norfolk VA, all of NC), seventh (out of Miami, all of SC, GA and most of
FL) and eighth (out of New Orleans, FL panhandle) districts.  Some contact with local CG groups and/or
field units (http://www.uscg.mil/d5/D5_Units/groups.htm;
http://www.uscg.mil/d7/d7m/field_units.htm) but not sure what role they can play in tailoring SAR.
> 
> States: SAR in states seems focused on land SAR (fires, flooding), no obvious connection to maritime SAR.
Not sure how state efforts interface with RCC activities.
> 
> Interesting hook to Eckerd College http://www.eckerd.edu/waterfront/ecsar.php
> 
> Private: seatow (seatow.com); [also seaspill…].  Not sure how much use they would have for
environmental info…  Many participants along coastline…
> 
> Who are the interfaces to/from the above?
> 
> SAR: Not sure of best connection to district offices, or if that is even appropriate.  Mr Art Allen is in
charge of SAR environmental data management and is out of Groton, CT, the Coast Guard R&D Center.  Art has
been active in working towards incorporation of HF radar observations in to SAR environmental data and
seems the most likely initial contact. 
> 
> In the short term what can SEACOOS provide that is otherwise not 
> available at present?
> 
> Current observations, maybe sea and air temperature data, winds (as fields?), model forecasts of same. 
>  
> What steps need to be taken to make this information available to 
> identified users?
> 
> For sea surface temperature: basically there – need some error estimate for OI/EOF fields, then make
available.  I believe the best route is to make information available for inclusion in the CG Computer
Assisted Search Planning (CASP) system.
> 
> Believe existing system (CASP) relies on NOAA data feeds, but which ones is unclear.  May be that pushing
obs to NDBC and the GTS makes them available to CG SAR – need to confirm this.
> 
> For currents: complete assembly of data within SEACOOS region; should include HF radar, ADCPs,
drifters.  Need to establish some initial 	QAQC/error, and find out how best to make it available to CG (RCCs?)
> 
> What are some ideas on longer term actions in support of the application?
> 
> 1)	Improved and validated circulation models, improved wave measurement and modeling program may be of interest…
> 
> 2)	(from Lundie Spence/COSEE) – a web-based SAR exercise for students
> 
> 3)	connection to pilots organizations throughout the region

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