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Division of Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies Program Ronald Lai ([email protected]) Program Coordinator of Physical Sciences Environmental Studies Program • Develops and oversees applied scientific studies required for making responsible decisions for managing energy and marine mineral resources on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Applied Science for Informed Decisions on Ocean Energy BOEM-Funded Research Environmental Studies Program Pollutant Transport (air & water) Leasing Biological Resource Characterization (habitat & behavior) Exploration Marine Environmental Monitoring Fates and Effects Socioeconomic Effects Biotechnology Invasive Species Production Decommissioning Funding Research Competitive Contracts Inter-Agency Agreements Partnering NOPP; NOAA; ONR; NASA; NSF; USGS; FWS; NPS; DOE; etc. Cooperative Agreements • Coastal Marine Institutes (CMI) • Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Environmental Studies Program Determining Priorities • Mission relevance • Scientific merit • Technically feasible • Timing • Applicability • Affordable Environmental Studies Program National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) a. Improving Wind Waves Prediction: Global to Regional Scales b. Improving Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasting BOEM Information Needs (Oil and Gas, Sand and Gravel, and Alternative Energy Programs) • Modeling output shall be used to guide the environmental mitigation and control measures and safe operation in offshore environment. • Validated full coupled atmospheric-wave-ocean models in multi-model systems provides valuable tools to assess short and long terms environmental impacts. • Questions?