This research initiative will update the Estimated Dispersant System Potential (EDSP) to include new airframes and run on new web browser platforms. EDSP is an online planning tool to aid contingency planning as it relates to conducting dispersant missions during offshore oil spills. Specifically, the EDSP tool accounts for the performance of an aircraft or vessel dispersant application systems. The calculator generates an “Estimated Dispersant System Potential” (EDSP) value for two operating periods following the discharge of an oil spill. The calculator accounts for the time necessary to mobilize the system and the time needed to cascade the system from its home base to the incident staging site, if necessary. There is separate logic for aircraft platforms and vessel platforms that determines the display for the two operating periods.
The EDSP Calculator is an HTML file, EDSP-160225.html, which was originally designed to run on the following web browser versions: PC (Win-XP, Win-7 and Win-8 environments) IE - 9, 10, 11 or greater Chrome 38 or greater Firefox 31 or greater Safari 5.1 or greater Mac (OS 10.6 and greater) Safari 8.0 or greater Chrome 38 or greater Firefox 35 or greater. The calculator has not been updated since March 2016. Since that time, BSEE has migrated its website and there have been numerous new generations of web browser environments. In addition to web browser platform revisions that have occurred, several new dispersant aircraft have been developed. As a result, the EDSP tool needs to be revised.
This 18-month project was issued as a task order within the OSRR 1170 WebGNOME project as an Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA) with NOAA for $70,000. It is projected to be completed by May 31, 2027.
Estimated Completion Date: 05/31/2027