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Environmental Response Management Mapping Tool

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RESOURCE: Environmental Response Management Mapping Tool

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Updated: April 2, 2012, 10:54 pm
Topics: Environmental & Resource Management Environmental Monitoring Remote Sensing Environmental Assessment
Grade Level: General Public
Content Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA)

ERMA® is an online mapping tool that integrates both static and real-time data, such as Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps, ship locations, weather, and ocean currents, in a centralized, easy-to-use format for environmental responders and decision makers.

ERMA enables a user to quickly and securely upload, manipulate, export, and display spatial data in a Geographic Information System (GIS) map.

Developed by NOAA and the University of New Hampshire with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Coast Guard, and the Department of Interior, ERMA provides environmental resource managers with the data necessary to make informed decisions for environmental response.

Technical Information about ERMA

Learn more about how NOAA and its partners developed ERMA using open-source software.

Arctic ERMA

Find out how NOAA is helping the Arctic region prepare for any climate change and possible oil spills using ERMA.

Caribbean ERMA

Caribbean ERMA was used during a regional oil spill drill (for training purposes) and has been used to map small vessel groundings near coral reefs.

ERMA Gulf Response

This online mapping tool for the Gulf of Mexico integrates static and real time response data from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill.

New England ERMA

The original ERMA pilot project has been expanded and continues to be developed for the Northeast region of the USA.

Pacific Islands ERMA

Pacific Islands ERMA is primarily focused on impacts from coastal storms and marine debris.

Pacific Northwest ERMA

NOAA initially developed Pacific Northwest ERMA with funding for its CAPRI program in Washington's Puget Sound, which looks at environmental vulnerability due to forecast changes in climate conditions.

Southwest ERMA

Southwest ERMA contains data used in an oil spill drill in the coastal California region in order to help responders prepare for impacts from potential spills.

 

Arctic ERMA enables emergency planners and responders to present in a spatial environment depictions of sea ice concentrations from the National Snow and Ice Data Center together with aerial observations of changing ice flows. This flexibility and adaptability provides stakeholders in the Arctic with crucial information about where sea ice is thinning in an easy-to-understand way.

 

Citation

Sidney Draggan Ph.D. (Lead Author);National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Content Source); "Environmental Response Management Mapping Tool". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 31, 2012; Last revised Date April 2, 2012; Retrieved May 24, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/resources/view/174494/?topic=49486>

The Author

Sidney Draggan Board of Directors Environmental Information Coalition Editorial Board The Encyclopedia of Earth Dr. Sidney Draggan, an Ecologist and Science Policy Analyst, served most recently as Senior Science and Science Policy Advisor to the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He joined the staff of the Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator in 1997 after serving for two years as Special Assistant for Scien ... (Full Bio)

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