The ESEOO products at work: results from operational exercises

1. The ESEOO products at work: results from operational exercises Abingdon, U.K. 11th – 12th, March 2009

2. Origin of the (USyP)crisis management (Prediction and Digital aided Tracking Unit). Exercise “LIONMED 2004”,Summary Deficiencies in the provision of meteo-oceanographic information Lack of number of participants / personnel There was not any protocol of delivery of oceanographic data, neither at the beginning nor later It was tried to use the Oilmap for the predictions. They did not have data nor formation

3. Origin of the (USyP)crisis management (Prediction and Digital aided Tracking Unit). “LIONMED 2004” exercise Recommendations Elaboration of performance protocols Create well trained teams To make online data provision that can be automatically read Create protocols for taking new data in case of emergency (data refreshing) The need of using the developed ESEOO tools by the Maritime Safety and Rescue was detected

4. WhatistheUSyP? Objetives of the USYP 0ceanic-meteorological Information Oil slick trajectory & runoffforecasting Drifting Buoys Report. Oil slicks position and their characteristics Response Units USYP Report. Position and characteristics of the Response Units Inform Coordination of operations At sea operations Coordination Center CECOMAR CECOMAR Manager

5. WhatistheUSyP? Meteorological & oceanográphic information Search and Response Resources Identificationof informationsources of theUSyP Crisis Room Oilmap Internet Drift results (GIF) Spill models Eseoo GIS Receives information: Oil slick combat units activation Report GOAM Forecasts and drifts ( GIF format) USyP Information flow

6. Operationalflow chart Search and RescueCoordination Center (MRCC) CN-235 Transmitsinformationaboutoilspill Injuredpeople & crewrescueexercise Pollutionwarning 15.000 mT Arabian light EmergenciesEvaluationTeam

7. Organisational flow chart USYP Crisis Management Organization Technical Advisory committee Support committee On-Scene CoordinatorResponse team leader: Harbor masterMaritime Authority. Activation of the National Maritime Contingency Plan (O.M. 23-F 2001) Search an Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) Operations at sea Coordination Center. CECOMAR Communication

8. OilSpillExerciseonAccidental PollutionCombating BuoysLaunchingPlan (organizedbythe ESEOO group) ICM/CSIC: Buoyslaunching Objetive: Taking of informationaboutbuoysdriftingtovalidatethecurrentsmath-modelsusedalongtheexercise. ICM/CSIC and IEO: OceanographicCampaignwith M/V “Rioja” and HSC Salvamar “Capella” Objetive: Taking of informationaboutthethermohalinewatercolumnstructurewithanoperationalaim. SASEMAR Launching of a buoy in the casualty geographycal position . Objetive: It will simulate the reality of an oil slick drift

9. OilSpillExerciseonAccidental PollutionCombating First information given

10. OilSpillExerciseonAccidental PollutionCombating Web information Página web

11. OilSpillExerciseonAccidental PollutionCombating OildriftModels Mothy Model First prediction at 12:19 utc Oilmap Model First prediction at 10:30 utc ESEOO Model First prediction at 10:05 utc

12. “Mediterráneo 2005” OSC & SAR exercise “Mediterráneo 2005” Meteorological and oceanographicinformationgivensince crisis alert. Additionalmodelmappedresultsweredeliveredforassessment . Theutility and patternrecognition of USYP, as CECOMAR assessmentunit, waswidelyaccepted. Thecoordinatedworkamonginstitutionswashiglighted

13. OilSpillExerciseonAccidental PollutionCombating- Gijón 2006 Buoys Launching Plan (organized by the ESEOO group) TheSpanishOceanographyInstitute (IEO), and theSciences of the Sea Institute (ICM) Barcelona ,developedtwocomplexcampaigns, CTD & XBT equipped, in ordertoevaluatethe data assimilationimpact

14. OilSpillExerciseonAccidental PollutionCombating- Gijón 2006 • Alleged: Oil spill of 15000 mT; 10 NM off Cape Torres • ESEOO participants drafted and constituted the novelty USyP (Prediction and Digital aided Tracking Unit) • This working group supplied drift and ocean-meteorological predictions to CECOMAR (Operations at Sea Coordination Centre) • 5 drifting buoys were setted free for its tracking and evaluation. Further applied models behaviour was carried out • A sea temperature data adquisition campaign was also realized Forecast of theforceddriftsbywind, waves and currentswiththe ESEOO developingdriftmodel Modelo ESEOO

15. “Finisterre 2006” Predictionof buoystrajectoriesusingcurrentdata obtainedfromtheregional scale (ESEOAT)models Predictionof buoystrajectoriesusinga hi-res model of theGaeliciancoast(MOHID)

16. “Finisterre 2006” Trajectory of the geo-referenced buoys in Google Earth Prediction of the evolution of oil emulsion quantity, evaporated oil and remaining oil on earth

17. “Finisterre 2006” The campaign with XBT, represents what really it would be possible to be done in case of emergency, in comparison with a complex oceanographic campaign, with respect to assimilation of data.

18. ESEOO Applications on maritime search and rescue Advisory group on operational oceanography during a crisis Internet link of USYP and crisis room

19. ESEOO Applications on maritime search and rescue Search and RescueCoordination Center (MRCC) USYP Prediction of man overboard (MOB)drift TESEOO

20. ESEOO Applications on maritime search and rescue Search and RescueCoordination Center (MRCC) USYP Monitoring of a drifting container TESEOO

21. ESEOO Applications on maritime search and rescue USYP Location of the oil spill source TESEOO Search and RescueCoordination Center (MRCC)

22. References: Ministry for Development Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Agency ESEOO Group. www.eseoo.org End of presentation ABINGDON, 11th, 12th March 2009 Thanksforyourattention