Title :
GNOME: NOAA´s next-generation spill trajectory model
Author :
Beegle-Krause, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Hazardour Mater. Response Div., NOAA, Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
The General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment (GNOME) is a new tool developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for oil-spill response. GNOME generates spill scenarios that support the NOAA standard for trajectory output by providing both “best guess” and “minimum regret” solutions. GNOME also serves as a tool for novice users, from high school on up, to learn more about oil-spill trajectories and actually run them. The GNOME model, regional location files, documentation, and training materials are available on the Internet at http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/software/gnome/gnome.html. Training courses are also offered by NOAA HAZMAT. Research is underway on how to effectively use nowcast/forecast models as sources of ocean current fields for the trajectory model. Questions of data size, time-step interpolation, and relevant physics are being investigated to use these models as data fields in GNOME
Keywords :
environmental science computing; water pollution; General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment; Internet; NOAA; best guess; data size; forecasting; minimum regret; next-generation spill trajectory model; nowcasting; ocean current field; oil-spill response; oil-spill trajectories; time-step interpolation; training course; trajectory output; Atmospheric modeling; Documentation; Educational institutions; Hazardous materials; Internet; Interpolation; Oceans; Petroleum; Physics; Predictive models;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '99 MTS/IEEE. Riding the Crest into the 21st Century
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5628-4
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1999.800172
