Elevation Mapping of Critical Park Areas for Planning and Post- and Future Storm Evaluation and Modeling

Post Date

July 17th 2013

Application Due Date

July 21st 2013

This is not a request for applications; this is just an annoucement that we have entered into a cooperative agreement with URI to assist with their work on the Elevation Mapping of Critical Park Areas for Planning and Post- and Future Storm Evaluatio

Funding Opportunity Number

NPS-13-NERO-0094

CFDA Number(s)

15.945

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

This is not a request for applications; this is just an annoucement that we have entered into a cooperative agreement with URI to assist with their work on the Elevation Mapping of Critical Park Areas for Planning and Post- and Future Storm Evaluation and Modeling.

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

This is not a request for applications; this is just an annoucement that we have entered into a cooperative agreement with URI to assist with their work on the Elevation Mapping of Critical Park Areas for Planning and Post- and Future Storm Evaluation and Modeling.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $820000

• Award Range:

  $820000 - $820000

Grant Description

This is not a request for applications; this is just an annoucement that we have entered into a cooperative agreement with URI to assist with their work on the Elevation Mapping of Critical Park Areas for Planning and Post- and Future Storm Evaluation and Modeling. In addition, this cooperator will perform the following: 1. Pre- and Post-Storm Data and Information Needs by the Parks. The Cooperator will evaluate the availability and resolution of elevation data assets for each of the three Parks prior to Hurricane Sandy (October 2012). Working with Park personnel the Cooperator will identify what geospatial data processing tasks were done in preparation for and response to Hurricane Sandy. The Cooperator identify data or information gaps that hindered the response to Hurricane Sandy and data/information resources that were especially important in responding to the storm. We will pay special attention to elevational data and data required to support inundation modeling and mapping. 2. A Vision for Park Preparedness for Future Storms. Working with Park personnel, the Cooperator will develop a vision for data and information availability that would be essential in preparing for and responding to future storm events. The Cooperatorуs focus will be on elevation data and inundation modeling and we anticipate that the vision will include: (a) a comprehensive inventory of Park locations (key cultural and natural resource areas, historic buildings and other key park infrastructure, and areas of public concern) for which precise elevations are required, (b) Inundation models that describe impact at multiple scales and multiple spatial resolutions for various storm scenarios, and (c) design of a distributed data processing system that is resilient to the loss of IT capacity at one or more Park locations following a storm. 3. Creating an Expanded Level of Storm Preparedness for ASIS, FIIS, and GATE. Based on objectives 1 and 2 above, the Cooperator will begin developing the data and information infrastructure required of each of the three Parks for planning and responding to significant coastal storms. The Preparedness Plan will include the following elements: (a) assessment of the availability and accuracy of tidal data to support inundation modeling and mapping, (b) precise elevation measurements for specific high-value, high vulnerability park locations, (c) consolidation and accuracy review of existing digital elevation models, especially those based on LiDAR data for the parks, (d) identification of inundation modeling methods and requisite data that meet Park needs with respect to scale and resolution, and (e) development of a communication plan to support pre-storm planning and post-storm response activities by the Parks.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Keith Zotti
  Partnership Program Specialist
  Phone 2155979153

• Agency Mailing Address:

  URI Elevation Mapping

• Agency Email Address:

  keith_zotti@nps.gov