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Arabian Gulf Spills

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE MOST CURRENT DATA PROVIDED TO NOAA. - Monday, 25
March SSC report from Saudi Arabia  A need exists for a person with skills in low energy
and tropical habitats.  Tasks for this person would include:      Survey habitat areas and
make reports      Participate in and record proceedings ofplanning team      meetings
SLAR mission: A requirement exists to ground truth tracking of the oil film. The
uncontained sources in Kuwait also need to be resolved. The SSC will be participating with
ARAMCO to focus attention on this issue.  KFUPM modeling mission: KFUPM has requested that
NOAA continue 7 day weather forecasts.  They intend to maintain a modeling capability as
long as there are uncontained sources.  Air plume observations: The SSC has received a
requirement to provide observations of the air plume at sunrise and between 1500 and 1700
for the week of 25 31 March.