1. The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA AGU 13 December 2010

2. Conduct & share science Keep seafood safe Protect wildlife & habitats Assess damage Restore the natural resources that were injured AGU 13 December 2010 2

3. Doing Science… AGU 2010 3 vs. normal conditions crisis conditions

4. TANKER SPILL CLEAN-UP TECHNIQUES Lessons from Exxon Valdez BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS Larva Adult AGU 13 December 2010 4

5. October 15, 20105 July 28 SATELLITE data AIRCRAFT data SHIP data GLIDER & FLOAT data Forecasting Trajectory Forecast — MC252 Spot Weather Forecast May 13 AGU 13 December 2010 5

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7. parts per billion (ppb) 0.010.1110100100010000100000 Benzo(a)pyrene Dibenz(a,h)anthracene Benzo(b)fluoranthene Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene Benz(a)anthracene Benzo(k)fluoranthene Naphthalene Chrysene Anthracene/Phenanthrene Pyrene Fluorene Fluoranthene Levels of Concern Max Re-opening samples 12 PAHs Mean Baseline Samples (2010) Mean Re-Opening Samples AGU 13 December 2010 7

8. 610 dead 456 live, oiled, captured 442 rehabilitated & released 79 still in rehabilitation AGU 13 December 2010 8

9. Phases of Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA is a legal process AGU 13 December 2010 9

10. AGU 201010 Ronald H. Brown Cruise oceanexplorer.noaa.gov www.gfdl.noaa.gov Underwater plume simulations JAG Report http://ecowatch.ncddc.noaa.gov/JAG/reports.html

11. University of South Florida UNH Monterey Bay Aquatic Research Institute (MBARI) USF CIMAR/University of Miami UNH Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping WHOI University of California at Santa Barbara Texas A&M Thomas JeffersonPiscesGordon GunterPelican (non-NOAA) University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Research Weatherbird (non-NOAA) NRDA Cruise Penn State WHOI Temple University University of Louisiana (Lafayette) NOAA WP3D AGU 13 December 2010 11

12. Communicating to Scientists AGU 2010 12 JAG Reports 6/23 Subsea monitoring 6/23 Location & movement of subsurface oil 9/7 Dissolved oxygen Forthcoming: Sub-sea/Sub-surface Detection & Monitoring Other Reports Flow Rate Technical Group Oil Budget Calculator AGU 13 December 2010 12

13. www.geoplatform.gov/gulfresponse www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/DeepwaterHorizon /support.html www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/DeepwaterHorizon /support.html ecowatch.ncddc.noaa.gov/JAG/ gulfseagrant.tamu.edu/oilspill/database.htm www.noaa.gov/sciencemissions/bpoilspill.html www.data.gov gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos AGU 13 December 2010 13

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