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ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF GENERALIZED LITTORAL ENVIRONMENTS DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM (EAGLE/OS)
Impact/Purpose:
Climate change modulates the variability, including the frequency, timing and intensity, of a wide range of processes that affect sea level and water quality in coastal and estuarine areas. This is a continuous process. We can learn about how climate change affected ocean and human health in the past by examining historical time series of environmental observations. This will help understand whether the phasing and possible synergies between processes may effect extreme impacts under changing climate conditions.
Description:
The outcomes include an assessment of probabilities of high water quality conditions or risks of extreme water quality degradation due to synergistic forcing functions, a decision-support system that integrates available real-time or near-real-time environmental and satellite observations into a decision-support system, and a strategy to educate the public and professionals engaged in coastal planning and development. The effort addresses EPA's fundamental cross-cutting strategy of Advancing Science, Research and Technological Innovation.