GNOME (General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment) Suite

Developer/Partners: NOAA (1999)

Relevant Hazard/Threat(s): Oil and chemicals

Intent: Set of modeling tools for predicting the fate and transport of pollutants—such as oil—spilled in water.

Modular and integrated software: WebGNOME, PyGNOME, ADIOS Oil Database, GOODS, TAP.

Inputs: Physical and chemical information on a wide variety of petroleum products, base maps, ocean currents,  winds, bathymetry, numerical circulation models, location and type of the spilled substance, oceanographic and meteorological observations, and other en
Outputs: Graphics, movies, and data files for post-processing in a geographic information system (GIS).