Water Institute Of The Gulf

PROJECT TITLE: DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, REMEDIATION, AND RESTORATION PROGRAM (DARRP) RESTORATION IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS (RIG): SOUTHEAST REGION ORGANIZATION NAME: WATER INSTITUTE OF THE GULF AWARD NUMBER: NA24NMFX463C0001-T1-01 PROJECT DESCRIPTION THIS AWARD WILL ALLOW THE WATER INSTITUTE OF THE GULF TO PARTNER WITH THE NOAA DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, REMEDIATION, AND RESTORATION PROGRAM (DARRP) TO IMPLEMENT PRIORITY RESTORATION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES, SUCH AS OIL SPILLS AND RELEASES OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. BASED ON ASSESSMENTS AND ANALYSIS BY TRUSTEE COUNCILS, THE RESTORATION ACTIVITIES ARE INTENDED TO COMPENSATE FOR NATURAL RESOURCE INJURIES AND LOST USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES DUE TO THOSE INJURIES.

PURPOSE: TO DEVELOP AND PRIORITIZE SCIENCE-BASED, COMMUNITY-INFORMED RESILIENCE IN AT LEAST FIVE LOUISIANA COMMUNITIES TO ENHANCE AND EXPAND CLIMATE RESILIENCE EQUITABLY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONVENING AND COORDINATING WITH PRACTITIONERS, COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER PARTNERS WORKING TO BE MORE RESILIENT; IMPROVING MULTIDIRECTIONAL KNOWLEDGE SHARING AROUND THE RISKS, NEEDS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING COASTAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN UNDERSERVED, FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES; CONDUCTING SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH FOCUSED ON GAINING A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLICIES, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO PURSUING RESILIENCE AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; AND INCREASING RESILIENCE ACTION THROUGH ENSURING THAT A GREATER NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO PURSUE CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING AND ACTIVITIES. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: GREATER CONFIDENCE AMONG COASTAL RESIDENTS ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF AND ABILITY TO ADDRESS THESE TOPICS; GREATER UNDERSTANDING BY RESEARCHERS AND FUNDERS AB

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING FY 24 ABSTRACT PURPOSE THE OVERARCHING PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO CATALYZE CLIMATE RESILIENCE WORK IN UNDERSERVED AND UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PROVIDING DIRECT COMMUNITY TECHNICAL AND CAPACITY SUPPORT IN UNDERTAKING RESILIENCE PROJECTS. WE SPECICALLY WILL: WORK WITH UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO ENHANCE AWARENESS OF PATHWAYS FOR INCREASING CLIMATE RESILIENCE. PROVIDE CAPACITY TO AT LEAST FOUR UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITIES IN OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING AND ACTION. EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF THE PROJECTS IN ENHANCING RESILIENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. EXPECTED OUTCOMES UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN COASTAL LOUISIANA HAVE A GREATER AWARENESS OF ACTIONS THAT CAN IMPROVE RESILIENCE AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND PARTNERS. A MINIMUM OF FOUR COMMUNITIES ARE LESS VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE WITH LESS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND PHYSICAL IMPACTS TO EXACERBATING HAZARDS. CLIMATE RESILIENCE PRACTITIONERS HAVE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFICACY OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE ACTIONS. INTENDED BENECIARIES THE INTENDED BENECIARIES OF THIS WORK ARE UNDERSERVED AND UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITIES ACROSS COASTAL LOUISIANA THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SUCH AS WORSENING AND MORE FREQUENT OODS, HEAT WAVES, COLD SNAPS, AND WINDSTORMS. COMMUNITY PROJECT ACTIVITIES SPECIC COMMUNITY PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL BE DETERMINED THROUGH AN APPLICATION AND COLLABORATIVE CODEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH SELECTED COMMUNITIES. ALL ACTIVITIES WILL SUPPORT ENHANCED CLIMATE RESILIENCE THROUGH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: REDUCING EXPOSURE TO HAZARDS, REDUCING SENSITIVITY TO HAZARDS, OR INCREASING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY. 1

SMARTPORT & RESILIENCE

DARRP RESTORATION IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS: SOUTHEAST REGION

INTEGRATING REMOTE SENSING AND NUMERICAL MODELING TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT AND MANAGE CURRENT AND FUTURE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN LOUISIANA COASTAL AND TIDAL WATERS

THE WATER INSTITUTE WILL PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY LIAISONS TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA'S ASIAN AMERICAN SHRIMPERS AND PROCESSORS AND CO-DEVELOP A CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLAN TO PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FISHING INFRASTRUCTURE. THROUGH INTERVIEWS, WORKSHOPS, AND INTERACTIVE MODELING ACTIVITIES, THEY WILL WORK TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND EXPERIENCES OF ASIAN AMERICAN FISHING COMMUNITIES.

ADVANCING THE GOALS OF SECAS: A PROGRAM TO IMPROVE SECAS BLUEPRINT UTILITY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

ASSESSING TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN COMMUNITY AND PARISH LEVEL RESPONSES TO OIL SPILLS AND OTHER EVENTS IN COASTAL LOUISIANA

COUPLED PROCESS STUDIES AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF CHANNEL SAND DYNAMICS IN TIDEDOMINATED RIVER CHANNELS A MEKONG DELTA CASE STUDY

LINKING BLUE CRAB ABUNDANCE, GROWTH AND MORTALITY TO MARSH FRAGMENTATION AND SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION COVER

PROJECT TITLE EVALUATING FORECASTS OF COASTAL CHANGE AND THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF RESTORATION ACTIONS ONBARRIER ISLANDS AND BARRIER SHORELINESPERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 4 9 2023 THROUGH 4 8 2028COASTAL AREAS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR SEA TURTLES, SHOREBIRDS, AND OTHER SPECIES WHILE ALSO PROTECTING MAINLAND COASTS AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES FROM WAVES AND STORM SURGE. ACTIVITIES TO RESTORE THE COAST IN THIS REGION ARE WIDESPREAD BECAUSE SEA LEVEL RISE, STORMS, AND OTHER FACTORS ARE DRIVING SIGNIFICANT LAND LOSS. TO MAKE EFFECTIVE USE OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES LIKE FUNDING AND SAND, COASTAL COMMUNITIES, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS, AND OTHERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE AND PREDICT THE IMPACT OF FUTURE THREATS, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING STORMS, IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS CHANGING LANDSCAPE. THERE ARE SEVERAL UNCERTAINTIES IN UNDERSTANDING AND FORECASTING THE IMPACTS OF STORMS ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND COASTS OF THE NORTHERN GULF, AS WELL ASIN UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS SYSTEM HAS EVOLVED THROUGH RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES. FOR THIS EFFORT, THE WATER INSTITUTE WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) TO DEVELOP AND APPLY SKILL ASSESSMENTS FOR FORECASTING COASTAL CHANGE ON BARRIER ISLANDS, SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE COAST OF LOUISIANA CHARACTERIZE THE IMPACTS OF COASTAL CHANGE ON COMMUNITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS AND EVALUATE THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF RESTORATION PROJECTS ON COASTAL RESILIENCY IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. IN ADDITION, THE WATER INSTITUTE WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE USGS IN IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE COASTAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF DRIVERS SUCH AS STORMS AND RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE. UNDER THIS RESEARCH, THE WATER INSTITUTE WILL COLLABORATE WITH USGS TO IDENTIFY DATA AND TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED TO ASSESS THE ACCURACY OF COASTAL MODELS SUCH AS THE USGS TOTAL WATER LEVEL AND COASTAL CHANGE FORECAST SYSTEM. THE WATER INSTITUTE WILL ALSO HELP IDENTIFY WHAT UNCERTAINTIES MAKE COASTAL CHANGE PREDICTIONS INACCURATE AND HOW TOOLS MAKING THESE PREDICTIONS CAN BE IMPROVED. PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK NEAR THE COAST WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWED AND THEIR INPUT EVALUATED TO IDENTIFY HOW COASTAL CHANGE IMPACTS THEM AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAY EXIST TO IMPROVE COASTAL CHANGE TOOLS TO BE MORE USEFUL FOR THEM. THESE INTERVIEWS WILL BE DEVELOPED AS GEO REFERENCED NARRATIVES (I.E., THE LOCATION WHERE THE STORIES ARE TOLD IS CAPTURED AND SAVED), WHICH WILL BE DONE WITH SOFTWARE SUPPORTED BY CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. LASTLY, THE WATER INSTITUTE WILL HELP DETERMINE WAYS FOR EVALUATING WHAT THE OVERALL IMPACT OF COASTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ON THE NORTHERN GULF. THE RESULTS OF THIS WORK WILL BE SUMMARIZED IN A FINAL REPORT AND PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND OTHER FORUMS, AND THE RESULTS OF THIS WORK CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE REGIONAL PLANNING FOR STORMS AND TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFIT OF COASTALRESTORATION.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSF R2I2: COASTAL RESILIENCE THROUGH EFFECTIVE VERSATILE ADAPTATION AND SEDIMENT STRATEGIES FOR SEA-LEVEL RISE ENGAGEMENT (CREVASSE) -MUD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BUILT THE VAST WETLANDS OF LOUISIANA. NEARLY 2000 SQ. MILES OF THESE WETLANDS HAVE BECOME OPEN WATER SINCE THE 1930S, WIPING OUT COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND LEAVING OTHERS VULNERABLE TO NATURAL HAZARDS. CREVASSES ? CUTS IN THE RIVER LEVEE WHERE WATER AND MUD FLOW INTO THE SURROUNDING WETLANDS ARE A PROVEN, ECONOMICAL TOOL FOR REBUILDING THESE WETLANDS. RIVER MANAGERS HAVE HISTORICALLY ADOPTED A POLICY OF CLOSING CREVASSES BECAUSE THESE CUTS CAN IMPACT THE USE OF THE RIVER AS A NAVIGATION CHANNEL AND ENHANCE SALINITY INTRUSION WHEN THE RIVER IS LOW, THREATENING DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES. HOWEVER, CREVASSES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE COMMON IN THE COMING DECADES, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE CHANNEL BANK PROTECTION IS LESS INTENSIVE. THE UNITED STATES IS CURRENTLY LACKING A FORMAL FRAMEWORK TO INCORPORATE CREVASSING AS PART OF RIVER MANAGEMENT EFFORTS. THIS PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY NONPROFITS, AND LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES. THE PROJECT WILL CREATE THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES NEEDED TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS AND TO DEVELOP A WORKFORCE THAT IS BOTH CONNECTED TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND CAPABLE OF CONTRIBUTING TO LONG-TERM PLANNING AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE CREVASSE SYSTEM. ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER, CREVASSE MANAGEMENT IS KEY TO SUSTAINING VALUABLE WETLANDS WHILE ENABLING THE RIVER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES AND COMMERCE. CREVASSES ARE AN INDISPENSABLE COMPONENT OF ANY RESILIENT FUTURE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA, BUT THE CREVASSE NETWORK IS MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN MANAGED AS A SYSTEM RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL AD HOC EFFORTS. SYSTEMATIC MANAGEMENT REQUIRES A FIRMER UNDERSTANDING OF WATER AND SEDIMENT PATHWAYS THROUGH CREVASSES, THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE MAIN RIVER CHANNEL, AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH EACH OTHER. CRITICALLY, IT ALSO REQUIRES A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK THAT IS GROUNDED IN BOTH GEOMORPHOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICE TO EXPLAIN HOW ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES HAVE INFLUENCED CREVASSE PERFORMANCE IN THE PAST AND HOW THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE MOST EFFECTIVE. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE USED TO TARGET WATER AND SEDIMENT DELIVERY THROUGHOUT THE CREVASSE NETWORK AND BALANCE THE FUNCTION OF THE RIVER FOR THE MANY STAKEHOLDERS THAT RELY ON IT. FURTHERMORE, THE PROJECT CREATES A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO PRODUCE PRACTITIONERS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT CAN DESIGN AND MONITOR CREVASSES AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO BALANCE THE RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HURRICANE SEDIMENTATION ON SALT MARSHES: EXTENT, PROVENANCE, AND PROCESSES

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RAPID:GEOMORPHIC CHANGES TO THE AMITE RIVER CHANNEL AND FLOODBASIN INDUCED BY THE AUGUST 2016 FLOOD IN LOUISIANA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRESHWATER FLOCCULATION AND ITS IMPACT ON SUSTAINING FLOODPLAINS AND DELTAIC WETLANDS -MOST SEDIMENT TRANSPORTED FROM CONTINENTS TO THE OCEANS IS MUD THAT CONSISTS OF VERY FINE-GRAINED PARTICLES. THE FATE OF MUDDY SEDIMENT IS IMPORTANT IN MANY WAYS. MUD TRANSPORT GOVERNS THE FATE OF RIVERINE POLLUTANTS, HEAVY METALS AND ORGANIC CARBON; MUD ALSO IS A KEY RESOURCE THAT CAN RESTORE COASTAL AREAS AND MAKE FLAT, LOW-LYING LANDSCAPES HABITABLE. GROWING EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT MUD AND ORGANIC MATTER IN RIVERS ARE OFTEN BOUND TOGETHER INTO LARGE AGGREGATES THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED FLOCCULATION. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A PREDICTIVE MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR THE TRANSPORT OF FLOCCULATED MUD IN RIVERS AND APPLY THE MODEL TO REAL-WORLD COASTAL RESTORATION PROBLEMS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA WETLANDS. THE PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER A TEAM FROM THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH), THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS (UNO), AND THE WATER INSTITUTE OF THE GULF, TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL CHALLENGES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO REGION. THE RESULTS WILL BE SHARED WITH SCIENTISTS IN THE GULF REGION FROM LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, ACADEMIA, AND ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS TO INFLUENCE COASTAL WETLANDS MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. THE PROJECT WILL ENGAGE STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY MISSISSIPPI DELTA LAND LOSS, IN A SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM AT CALTECH. COMPARED TO SAND, FAR LESS IS KNOWN ABOUT THE BASIC MECHANICS OF MUD TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION IN RIVER SYSTEMS. THIS IS A MAJOR KNOWLEDGE GAP BECAUSE MUD ADSORBS POLLUTANTS, NUTRIENTS AND ORGANIC CARBON, AND THE FATE OF THIS MATERIAL DIRECTLY IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE. MUD ALSO IS THE PRIMARY BUILDING BLOCK OF TERRESTRIAL AND COASTAL LANDSCAPES: IT BUILDS FLOODPLAINS, COASTAL WETLANDS AND DELTAS, AFFECTS BANK EROSION RATES AND LEVEE STABILITY, AND SETS THE DEPOSITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF FLUVIAL STRATA. IN RIVERS, MUD IS TYPICALLY CONSIDERED AS ?WASHLOAD,? PARTICLES WITH SETTLING VELOCITIES SO SMALL THAT THEY ACT AS PASSIVE WATER TRACERS. HOWEVER, GROWING EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT MUD AND ORGANIC MATTER IN FLUVIAL SYSTEMS ARE OFTEN FLOCCULATED TOGETHER INTO AGGREGATES WITH SETTLING VELOCITIES EQUIVALENT TO SAND. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A MECHANISTIC MODEL FOR FRESHWATER FLOCCULATION USING THEORY AND SEMI-EMPIRICAL RELATIONS FROM NEW FLUME EXPERIMENTS. A DATABASE OF FLOC SETTLING VELOCITIES FROM RIVERS WILL BE COMPILED BY INVERSION FROM CONCENTRATION-DEPTH PROFILES, TO TEST THE FRESHWATER FLOC MODEL USING FIELD DATA. THE MUD TRANSPORT THEORY WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO NUMERICAL MODELS USED FOR WETLAND RESTORATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. A SERIES OF NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS WILL EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF FLOCCULATION ON WETLAND ACCRETION RATES FOR ENGINEERED DIVERSIONS THAT ARE NEEDED TO REBUILD SINKING WETLANDS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

THE WATER INSTITUTE WILL ORGANIZE A FACILITATED WORKSHOP FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION CONCERNS AROUND BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL FROM THE TAMPA BAY FEDERAL NAVIGATION PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS AT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE. ATTENDEES WILL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND DECISION MAKERS INCLUDING MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE U.S. ARMY CORP ENGINEERS PORT TAMPA BAY AND OTHER REGULATORY AND RESOURCE AGENCIES INVOLVED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING PROCESSES REQUIRED FOR BUDM AND CONSTRUCTION OF NBS. WORKSHOP ATTENDEES MAY ALSO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WITH TOPICAL EXPERTISE TO CATALYZE THESE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND OR WHOSE INPUT CAN SUPPORT MITIGATION OF IMPEDIMENTS TO CAPITALIZING ON BUDM OPPORTUNITIES. THE INSTITUTES WORKSHOP FACILITATION WILL FOLLOW PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURED DECISION MAKING A TRANSPARENT AND OBJECTIVE ORIENTATED APPROACH THAT CAN SUPPORT IDENTIFYING ACTIONABLE ALTERNATIVES FOR COMPLEX PROBLEMS WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS AND INTERESTS. THE INSTITUTE WILL APPLY THE SDM PROCESS IN THIS CASE THROUGH RAPID PROTOTYPING I.E. THE PHASES OF THE SDM CYCLE WILL BE FACILITATED AND COMPLETED DURING THE WORKSHOP AND WILL RELY ON ELICITING ATTENDEE INPUT AND OR INTERPRETATION OF EXISTING AND AVAILABLE DATA MODELS OR OTHER INFORMATION. THIS PROCESS MAY INCLUDE IN WORKSHOP ATTENDEE DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL MODELS CATEGORICAL OR QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF OUTCOMES OR INTERPRETATION OF EXISTING DATA OR INFORMATION BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE QUANTITATIVE DATA COLLECTION OR THE DEVELOPMENT OR APPLICATION OF PREDICTIVE MODELS E.G. NUMERICAL MODELS FORECASTING ALTERNATIVE EVOLUTION OVER TIME. THE DELIVERABLE WILL BE A TECHNICAL MEMO DOCUMENTING THE WORKSHOP AND FEEDBACK RECEIVED INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS AND NEXT STEPS NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF BUDM FOR NBS DEVELOPMENT AT MACDILL AFB.

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