Partners :: Coastal Response Research Center

Partners

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.

Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI)

OSRI was established to conduct research and educational and demonstration projects in order to identify and develop the best available techniques, equipment and materials for dealing with oil spills in Arctic and sub-arctic marine environments. www.pws-osri.org.

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

MMS is the Federal agency responsible for managing the nation's natural gas, oil, and other mineral resources in Federal waters offshore in the U.S. www.mms.gov

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.

NOAA/UNH Centers

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.

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.

Coastal Response Research Center

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