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