Environmental Response Management Application - Office of Response and Restoration at NOAA
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ERMA - Office of Response and Restoration-NOAA
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Abstract
The Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA®) is an online mapping tool that integrates both static and real-time data, such as Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps, ship locations, weather, and ocean currents, in a centralized, easy-to-use format for environmental responders and natural resource decision makers.
ERMA enables a user to quickly and securely upload, analyze, export, and display spatial data in a Geographic Information System (GIS) map. Developed by NOAA and the University of New Hampshire(link is external) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Department of the Interior.
ERMA provides environmental resource managers with the data necessary to make informed decisions for environmental response, damage assessment and recovery/ restoration.