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) Biological Resource Characterization (habitat & behavior) Marine Environmental Monitoring Fates and Effects Socioeconomic Effects Biotechnology Invasive Species Leasing Exploration 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

• • 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?