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Title: FEMA Asteroid Impact Tabletop Exercise Simulations

Abstract

We describe the computational simulations and damage assessments that we provided in support of a tabletop exercise (TTX) at the request of NASA's Near-Earth Objects Program Office. The overall purpose of the exercise was to assess leadership reactions, information requirements, and emergency management responses to a hypothetical asteroid impact with Earth. The scripted exercise consisted of discovery, tracking, and characterization of a hypothetical asteroid; inclusive of mission planning, mitigation, response, impact to population, infrastructure and GDP, and explicit quantification of uncertainty. Participants at the meeting included representatives of NASA, Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the White House. The exercise took place at FEMA headquarters. Sandia's role was to assist the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in developing the impact scenario, to predict the physical effects of the impact, and to forecast the infrastructure and economic losses. We ran simulations using Sandia's CTH hydrocode to estimate physical effects on the ground, and to produce contour maps indicating damage assessments that could be used as input for the infrastructure and economic models. We used the FASTMap tool to provide estimates of infrastructure damage over the affected area, and the REAcct tool to estimatemore » the potential economic severity expressed as changes to GDP (by nation, region, or sector) due to damage and short-term business interruptions.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. DrumFire, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Geo-Ratlational Information Technologies (GRIT) inc., Albuqurque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1214699
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Procedia Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1877-7058
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; Asteroid; impact; airburst; near earth object; infrastructure.

Citation Formats

Boslough, Mark, Jennings, Barbara, Carvey, Brad, and Fogleman, William. FEMA Asteroid Impact Tabletop Exercise Simulations. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.04.007.
Boslough, Mark, Jennings, Barbara, Carvey, Brad, & Fogleman, William. FEMA Asteroid Impact Tabletop Exercise Simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.04.007
Boslough, Mark, Jennings, Barbara, Carvey, Brad, and Fogleman, William. Tue . "FEMA Asteroid Impact Tabletop Exercise Simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.04.007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1214699.
@article{osti_1214699,
title = {FEMA Asteroid Impact Tabletop Exercise Simulations},
author = {Boslough, Mark and Jennings, Barbara and Carvey, Brad and Fogleman, William},
abstractNote = {We describe the computational simulations and damage assessments that we provided in support of a tabletop exercise (TTX) at the request of NASA's Near-Earth Objects Program Office. The overall purpose of the exercise was to assess leadership reactions, information requirements, and emergency management responses to a hypothetical asteroid impact with Earth. The scripted exercise consisted of discovery, tracking, and characterization of a hypothetical asteroid; inclusive of mission planning, mitigation, response, impact to population, infrastructure and GDP, and explicit quantification of uncertainty. Participants at the meeting included representatives of NASA, Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the White House. The exercise took place at FEMA headquarters. Sandia's role was to assist the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in developing the impact scenario, to predict the physical effects of the impact, and to forecast the infrastructure and economic losses. We ran simulations using Sandia's CTH hydrocode to estimate physical effects on the ground, and to produce contour maps indicating damage assessments that could be used as input for the infrastructure and economic models. We used the FASTMap tool to provide estimates of infrastructure damage over the affected area, and the REAcct tool to estimate the potential economic severity expressed as changes to GDP (by nation, region, or sector) due to damage and short-term business interruptions.},
doi = {10.1016/j.proeng.2015.04.007},
journal = {Procedia Engineering},
number = C,
volume = 103,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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