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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
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Competitive Contracts
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Inter-Agency Agreements
Partnering NOPP; NOAA; ONR; NASA; NSF;
USGS; FWS; NPS; DOE; etc.
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Cooperative Agreements
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Coastal Marine Institutes (CMI)
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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?