Taming the Tide of Data from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Challenge The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response generated hundreds of thousands of environmental data points over the course of several years. The data were generated by Battelle researchers and a host of other programs, agencies, laboratories and organizations, each using their own observation and measurement methods and data recording conventions. BP asked Battelle to collect all of the data generated from the response into a single database system: the Health, Safety and Environment Data Management System (HSE- DMS). Solution The new database collected all response data – including analytical chemistry data from air, water, sediment and tissue; hydrocarbon fingerprint data; toxicity data; shoreline cleanup data; air an

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