Re: [Fwd: SEACOOS White Paper for Marine Emergency Management Applications Team]

Chris - I like the white paper, seems like an appropriate strawman. 
Some comments:

2nd paragraph, intro: you discuss how environmental information is most 
useful presented, but isn't this something the responsible agencies do 
for themselves?  Rather that develop the final product, aren't we 
(speaking as the regional effort) aiming to augment the data flow into 
their applications?  Just want to make sure we understand how best to 
help, and that we don't give the impression that we feel we should be 
taking over this responsibility.

5th paragraph, intro: why single out NCOM?  Given the general nature of 
the discussion, might it be better to remove this phrase.  Or try to 
list all available models?

disc: I find this to be a mix of current status and longer-term vision. 
  It might be best to clearly identify assets available now or in the 
near-term that can be drawn upon soon, and those activities that will 
require significant new money and resources.

plan of action: sounds like we have some notion of how best to deliver 
information to NOAA/HAZMAT- include details?  Also, from the education 
side, there is significant interest in developing a web-based tool for 
trajectory estimation that could/should be included.

Harvey

Christopher N. K. Mooers wrote:

> Dear Colleagues - See the attached. - Cheers, Chris