EPA's airborne spectral photometric environmental collection technology (ASPECT) imagery collected during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response from April 2010 to August 2010 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NCEI Accession 0163803)

This Archival Information Package (AIP) provides Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) GIS layers of infrared and photographic images from EPAs airborne spectral photometric environmental collection technology (ASPECT) with geospatial, chemical and radiological information. This information was collected for the assessment of the extent and severity of damages to critical infrastructure during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and to minimize impacts to the American people, environment and the economy. On April 29, 2010 EPA deployed the ASPECT, a twin engine aircraft designed to assist in the collection of air sampling data as well as aerial photo documentation of the migrating Deepwater Horizon oil slick. These data were collected during the response to the Mississippi Canyon 252 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and used as part of the Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan (PDARP).

本档案信息包（Archival Information Package, AIP）提供了由美国环境保护署（Environmental Protection Agency, EPA）机载光谱光度环境采集技术（Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology, ASPECT）获取的红外与摄影图像的环境响应管理应用（Environmental Response Management Application, ERMA）地理信息系统（Geographic Information System, GIS）图层，附带地理空间、化学及放射相关信息。此类信息采集旨在评估深水地平线漏油事件期间关键基础设施的受损范围与严重程度，并尽可能降低其对美国民众、生态环境及经济的负面影响。2010年4月29日，美国环保署部署了ASPECT系统——这是一款专为采集空气采样数据、并对漂移的深水地平线浮油开展航空影像记录工作而设计的双引擎航空器。本次数据采集工作开展于墨西哥湾北部密西西比峡谷252区块的深水地平线漏油事件应急响应期间，相关数据被纳入项目性损害评估与修复计划（Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan, PDARP）的工作范畴。