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Situation Update - 25 Mar 91

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 of planning 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.