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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

OSRR-588-Detection of Oil on and Under Ice - Phase 3

Office/Division Program
OSRR
Project Number
588
Category
Arctic
Remote Sensing
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Completion Date (POP End)
Research Performing Activity
DF Dickins and Associates and Boise State University
Research Principal Investigator
Mr. David Dickins and Mr. John Bradford
Research Contracting Agency
Minerals Management Service
Description

Over the past three years, under continued MMS sponsorship, the development of oil and ice detection system has made significant progress through a series of successful projects (Project 517, Project 547, and Project 569). This new research project will undertake a series of four tasks to assess the technical feasibility and cost of developing and incorporating airborne oil detection systems in future field trials with oil and ice. The tasks include: Airborne Oil Under Ice Hardware Evaluation Airborne Oil Under Ice Development Plan Surface Oil Under Snow Modeling Airborne Oil Under Ice Computer Modeling

This project is co funded with Alaska Clean Seas and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation who will fund three tasks.

Software Update and Training for Prudhoe Bay, AK Operations Preparation and Planning for Prudhoe Bay, AK Workshop Conduct a 2-Day Workshop in Prudhoe Bay, AK

Latest progress update

The contract was completed on July 14, 2008 and the final report posted below.
 

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