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3 rd Stakeholder Workshop April 27-28, 2011 Fairbanks, Alaska

3 rd Stakeholder Workshop April 27-28, 2011 Fairbanks, Alaska. NSDSS Team Contact Information. Bill Schnabel UAF Water and Environmental Research Center Project Manager (907) 474-7789 weschnabel@alaska.edu Chris Arp UAF Water and Environmental Research Center Arctic Hydrologist

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3 rd Stakeholder Workshop April 27-28, 2011 Fairbanks, Alaska

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  1. 3rd Stakeholder WorkshopApril 27-28, 2011Fairbanks, Alaska

  2. NSDSS Team Contact Information Bill Schnabel UAF Water and Environmental Research Center Project Manager (907) 474-7789 weschnabel@alaska.edu Chris Arp UAF Water and Environmental Research Center Arctic Hydrologist (907) 474-2783 cdarp@alaska.edu Stephen Bourne Atkins Water Resources Technology (404) 895-0753 Stephen.Bourne@AtkinsGlobal.com Leslie Gowdish Atkins Water Resources Technology (239) 221-8001 Leslie.Gowdish@AtkinsGlobal.com Kelly Brumbelow Texas A&M University, Civil Engineering Water Resources Planning & Mgmt. (979) 458-2678 kbrumbelow@civil.tamu.edu Walter McDonald Texas A&M University, Civil Engineering Water Resources Planning & Mgmt. (817) 703-4698 WalterMcDonald@neo.tamu.edu

  3. Project Team William Schnabel, UAF Christopher Arp, UAF Science Technology Management Stephen Bourne, Atkins Leslie Gowdish, Atkins Kelly Brumbelow, TAMU Walter McDonald, TAMU

  4. NSDSS Project Introduction & History • Funding from U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory • Originally formulated as 3 year project: • Phase I (Oct 2008 – Sep 2009) • Initial stakeholder input • Rapid prototype development • Phase II (Oct 2009 – Sep 2010) • Stakeholder collaborative testing & refinement • Development of full-scale DSS • Phase III (Oct 2010 – Sep 2011) • Technology transfer and knowledge building • Application of full-scale system to case studies

  5. Guiding Principles for Building NSDSS • Users • Wide range of stakeholders: • Industry • Agencies (local, state, and federal) • Regulators and Managers • Scientists • Academia

  6. Guiding Principles for Building NSDSS • 2. Purposes • Better management of North Slope water resources • Ice road planning in medium- to long-term by industry with cost-effective, accessible tools • Data access and analysis by agencies to allow efficient, sound decision-making • Dissemination of and access to data and research by academics to improve ongoing research

  7. Guiding Principles for Building NSDSS • 3. The NSDSS … • Is not a vehicle to change any legal or regulatory process • Is not intended to formalize current processes that are often iterative and discussion-based • Can not replace fieldwork important to ice road engineering • Does not require sharing of proprietary or confidential data

  8. Major NSDSS Components • Data • Bring together disparate data sets • Allow users to publish new data sets • Inclusion of Gridded Data: • Allows use of re-analysis data to fill gaps • Climate model outputs available to investigate “what-if” scenarios of future conditions

  9. Major NSDSS Components • II.Natural Systems Models • Understand hydrologic processes relevant to North Slope lakes • Incorporate hydrologic understanding into decision-making and planning • Water balance models: • Not part of current regulatory framework • Allows independent verification of long-term lake status • Useful for investigating relative role of potential ice road withdrawals

  10. Major NSDSS Components • III. Ice Road Planning • Tool for planning-level evaluation of ice road routes • Integrate multiple data sets into planning process • Intended for planning-level questions: • What lakes might I want to think about permitting? • What regulatory issues should I be aware of? • What are relative strengths and weaknesses of different corridors I am considering?

  11. Desired Workshop Outcomes • Overall goal: For stakeholders to recognize applicability of NSDSS technology to their respective needs and achieve consensus on possible future development steps. • Outcomes: • Identify 5 case studies to demonstrate how NSDSS can be used for North Slope planning, science, and decision making. • Gather feedback to improve the NSDSS technology further for usability, content, functionality, and reliability.

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