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ASA Bulletin: ASA Offers Pre-Conference Workshop at Clean Gulf Conference 2009
Dr. CJ Beegle-Krause, Dr. Deborah French McCay and Chris Galagan will instruct an ASA sponsored 4-hour workshop on Environmental Information and Trajectory Prediction in Oil Spill Response at Clean Gulf Conference 2009 on November 17 from 8 AM - 12 PM at the Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
This Workshop will Address Five Key Points of Oil Spill Response:
- What was spilled?
- Software applications and decision support tools development
- Where will it go? - This is the main focus of the workshop.
- Who will it hit?
- How will it hurt?
- How do we best respond?
Overview:
During a spill event, information is key to making good decisions on how to respond. Field observations, trajectory predictions, and weather forecasts need to be put together to make a coherent picture of the situation. This course provides an overview of a variety of spill case histories with discussion of the science that governs how spills behave. Observations discussed include overflight maps, beach surveys and simple oceanographic sampling. Different types of trajectory modeling will be demonstrated, including working with multiple (stochastic) trajectory simulations, and looking at spills from pipelines, storage tanks, and at river crossings. Workshop attendees will learn the basics of how to put together a spill timeline from the past to the present and into the future using field information and predictions, and how to integrate results with GIS applications such as ArcView® and Google Earth. A discussion on the use of models for biological impact assessment will also be provided.
No prior experience required, as this course contains both "rules of thumb" and sophisticated analysis techniques. Register now!
About the Instructors:
Dr. "CJ" Beegle-Krause, ASA Senior Scientist, and former lead trajectory forecaster for NOAA, will conduct the class. CJ has over 10 years of experience working on oil spill response and scientific support. She has been involved in over 200 spills and other incidents within the U.S. and internationally.
Dr. Deborah French McCay, ASA Director of Impact Assessment Services and Principal, specializes in quantitative assessments and modeling of aquatic ecosystems and populations, oil and chemical transport and fates, toxicity, exposure and the bioaccumulation of pollutants by biota, along with the effects of contamination.
Mr. Chris Galigan, ASA senior scientist, has been involved in oil spill response since 1992, and has used trajectory modeling software in over 20 countries, for exercises, contingency plans and spills events.
*This workshop is sponsored by ASA and free to all registered conference guests.*
Clean Gulf Conference: Nov. 17-19, 2009 | Morial Convention Center | New Orleans, LA
For more info and to register: http://www.cleangulf.org/pre_conference_workshops
Download PDF Conference Registration Form: http://www.cleangulf.org/Assets/File/CG09_reg%20form_10_14.pdf
To register for workshop if already registered for conference: https://www.lookingcube.com/TFG/CG09/Client/1.asp