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NOAA's
Office of Response and Restoration
The Office
of Response and Restoration (OR&R) works to prevent and
mitigate harm to coastal resources. OR&R is the primary NOAA
office that responds to oil spills and hazardous material releases.
It provides scientific support to the U.S. Coast Guard for spills
and technical assistance to other agencies for hazardous material
releases. It also works with federal, state and tribal natural resource
trustees to restore damaged coastal resources.
UNH's Environmental Research Group (ERG)
Founded in 1987, ERG's principal mission is applied and fundamental environmental engineering
and science research. ERG specializes in five areas: advanced water
treatment technologies, waste characterization and utilization,
ground water processes and bioremediation, contaminated sediments,
and electrotechnologies research. Each an important issue to New
Hampshire and New England communities and private sector firms as
well as to the nation. Research is undertaken on other issues when
expertise is sought by New Hampshire communities or firms, but it
is in these five areas that the Group has a critical mass of talent,
demonstrated significant expertise, and concentrated its program
development efforts.
Oil-in-Ice Partnerships
SINTEF
Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI)
URI Graduate School of Oceanography
UA Fairbanks
Dispersants Working Group Partnerships
Alaska
DEC Prevention & Emergency Response Program
API (American Petroleum Institute)
BP (British
Petroleum)
CA
OSPR (California Dept of Fish
and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response)
Canada Fisheries & Ocean
CEDRE
CIRCAC (Cook Inlet Regional Citizen's Advisory Council)
Environment Canada
ExxonMobil
Institute
MMS (Minerals Management Service)
NOAA
OR&R (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
Office of Response and Restoration)
OSRADP (The Louisiana Applied and Educational Oil Spill Research
and Development Program)
Prince William
Sound Regional Citizen's Advisory Council
Shell Global Solutions
SINTEF
Texas
General Land Office
U.S.
Coast Guard
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
ERMA Partnerships
Piscataqua River Cooperative
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. EPA
NowCOAST
New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services
Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
NOAA/UNH Centers
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Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine
Environmental Technology (CICEET)
CICEET
was established as a partnership between the NOAA and UNH
in 1997 and is located on the UNH campus in Durham, NH. CICEET
uses the capabilities of UNH, the private sector, academic
and public research institutions throughout the U.S., as well
as the 26 reserves in the National Estuarine Research Reserve
System (NERRS), to develop and apply new environmental technologies
and techniques.
Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping /Joint
Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC)
CCOM/JHC
is a program aimed at creating a national center for expertise
in ocean mapping and hydrographic sciences. Guided by a Memorandum
of Understanding with the NOAA, the JHC operates in partnership
with NOAA's National Ocean Service. The C-COM is a University
center that expands the scope of interaction and cooperation
with the private sector, other government agencies and universities.
In addition to NOAA support, C-COM currently has projects
underway funded by the US Geological Survey, the Office of
Naval Research, the Naval Research Lab, DARPA, NSF and several
private sector partners. The centers focus their activities
on two major tasks, an educational task, aimed at creating
a learning center that will promote and foster the education
of a new generation of hydrographers and ocean mapping scientists,
and a research task aimed at developing and evaluating a wide
range of state-of-the-art hydrographic and ocean mapping technologies
and applications.
Complex Systems Research Center (CSRC)
CSRC is dedicated to understanding the Earth as an integrateive system. Their mission is to explore the physical, chemical and biological processes that shape the Earth's environment, with emphasis on the unique role of humans as an agent of change.
Cooperative Institute of New England Mariculture
and Fisheries (CINEMAR)
CINEMAR
was established to provide regional leadership and integration
for research, development, education, and outreach for issues
of resource use, management, and preservation in New England's
waters. The Institute focuses on mariculture, fisheries science
and management, and ocean policy. The UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture
Demonstration Project, which was initiated in 1998, came under
the administrative umbrella of CINEMAR in 2001 and will serve
in future years as the cornerstone of the mariculture component
of the Institute.
Atmospheric Investigation, Regional Modeling,
Analysis and Prediction (AIRMAP)
The AIRMAP
research project is a multi-institutional effort funded primarily
by NOAA's - Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (U.S.
Dept. of Commerce). AIRMAP research focuses on the analysis
of existing climate data, and on the development of new air
quality monitoring programs. We are developing a solid background
of information that we can use to address New England's changing
climate and air quality. In particular we are improving our
understanding of the relationship between air quality and
weather and determining the causes of climate change in New
England.
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