Developing a Next-Generation 3D Oil Spill Model to Better Serve MMA's Mission

MMA needs a transparent, efficient, and legally defensible oil spill risk assessment tool to enhance decision-making in response to the increasing oil and gas lease sales in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The current Oil Spill Risk Analysis (OSRA) model requires extensive time to implement, lacks some oil spill dynamics, and has no public facing visualization interface for ease of understanding. This study aims to adapt the community-based, open-source, state-of-the-art, 3D oil spill model OpenDrift to calculate oil spill metrics for use in MMA's environmental assessments and to develop a public facing interface for understanding and visualization of model results.

Estimated value

$1M - $1.9M

Contract type

To Be Determined

• NAICS541715
• PSC541715