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SUPPORTING MARITIME SAFETY. Andrew McGovern. Decision Making. EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE DECISIONS: Those decisions will be based on the information at hand More, high quality, information results in better decisions. INFORMATION NEEDED INCLUDES METEORLOGICAL Wind Visibility Air Pressure
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SUPPORTING MARITIME SAFETY Andrew McGovern
Decision Making • EVERYONE HAS TO MAKE DECISIONS: • Those decisions will be based on the information at hand • More, high quality, information results in better decisions
INFORMATION NEEDED • INCLUDES • METEORLOGICAL • Wind • Visibility • Air Pressure • CURRENT • Speed & direction through out the water column • WATER LEVEL • Actual & predicted • BATHYMETRY • In all navigationally significant areas
AFTER THE FACT • MANY OF THE SAME TOOLS ARE USED TO RESPOND TO SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) AND OIL SPILLS • Environmental chemistry, oil slick tracking, pollutant transport modeling, natural resources at risk analysis, information management, and assessment of environmental trade-offs related to alternative spill countermeasures and cleanup techniques. • USCG uses software (SAR OPS) that uses information from whatever is the best and most reliable source (NOAA, Navy, etc.) to best track/model people and vessel trajectories on the surface of the water. Sector NY also validates those findings using NYHOPS (Stevens Institute of Technology)
THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE • Develop an inventory of sensors/info streams • Can not integrate until we know what we have • Reduce redundant systems • Sensors/information used by multiple users for multiple purposes