SIWF
Sea Ice and Weather Forecasting
Partner
Texas A&M University
Summary
Improving situational awareness is a critical element in supporting planning and emergency response efforts to environmental marine hazards in the Arctic. However, several factors complicate planning and emergency responses to maritime hazards in the Arctic; including the remote location of disasters, limited local response assets, and infrastructure. While some tools provide information on environmental conditions in the Arctic, there is a need to improve decision support tools in manners that better serve operators. To address this need, the research team on this project developed a decision support tool, grounded in stakeholder interactions, to support weather and sea ice-sensitive decision-making related to marine environmental hazards in the Arctic. The project was focused on the waters surrounding Utqiagvik, Alaska.
