NOAA/SAB Environmental Information Services Working Group (EISWG) UNESCAP FY Key Actions & Plans Walt Dabberdt & Nancy Colleton EISWG Co-Chairs 27 January 2011 AMS, Seattle

EISWG’s Charge Provide advice on improving communication among the sectors (public, private and academic) Provide advice on incorporating scientific and technical capabilities to enhance NOAA products and services Provide a sounding board on NOAA’s Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information Evaluate NOAA’s effectiveness in responding to advice received from EISWG, and the environmental information enterprise as a whole; Evaluate after two years, whether the working group is an effective mechanism for working with external partners or whether other mechanisms should be considered NOAA SAB July January 2011 AMS, Seattle

2 Years3 Years4 Years Colleton - PSBrohl - GSArdanuy - PS Redmond - ASDabberdt - PSBaughman (res.) Lazo - ASNeilley - PSMcPherson - PI Widder - PSToohey-Morales - PSMorss - AS Winokur - GSQualley - PSB. Meyers - PS Grimit - PSStallings - PSWinkler – AS EISWG Membership & Terms PS – private sector (10) AS – academic sector (4) GS – government, federal (2) PI – public interest (1) 27 January 2011 AMS, Seattle

NOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCT SAB Meetings  Nov.30 -Dec.1, WDC  Mar 9- 10, WDC . EISWG Mtgs & Telecons  Tele- con  April , WDC  Tele- con   Nov. Member Nominations  NOAA Partnership Policy review  NWS Roadmaps (S&T and Services) – review  ?? Open Weather Service Concept  EISWG Summer Workshop  AMS Mtgs.  Jan Seattle  Apr , WDC  Aug ?? Boulder EISWG—THE YEAR AHEAD (FY2011)  27 January 2011 AMS, Seattle

No.Work Plan Item PurposeLeadStatus 1 Next Generation Strategic Plan Review and commentAll/ColletonCOMPLETE. EISWIG to SAB on 7/26/10, SAB to NOAA 8/13/10 2 NWS Strategic Plan Review and commentAll/DabberdtCOMPLETE. Letter submitted to the SAB on 9/9/10. 3 Five-year Review of the NOAA Partnership Policy 1)Understand how ALL of NOAA is using the policy 2)Collect feedback from the Enterprise; and 3)Provide assessment to NOAA (in the form of recommendations and advice on implementation). Colleton & Dabberdt 1)NOAA/Johnson to obtain assessment from other line offices 2)SAB/Ban to determine if other WGS engagement 3)EISWG/Colleton & Dabberdt to draft Strategy (include AMS, existing NOAA mechanisms) 4 NOAA Climate Service Provide comments on NOAA’s role in climate services McPherson, Redmond, Toohey-Morales, & Winokur Colleton--Organize telecon with Tom, Chet, & Tony, and Ferris to see how EISWG might help 5 EISWG subgroup on Rapidly Chang- ing Technolo- gies for Infor- mation Delivery Clarify roles with respect to rapidly-changing technologies for information delivery Ardunay, Qualley, Widder, Lazo, & Myers Sprague--Organize briefing for next meeting by the NOAA Office of Communications or Stakeholders (Winer) at the April Meeting. 27 January 2011 AMS, Seattle

No.Work Plan Item PurposeParticipants /Lead Status 6 EISWG Subgroup on Environmental Information vs. Environmental Impact Information 1) Assess NOAA’s role in respect to weather impacts vs. weather information; 2) determine how the enterprise may be affected by this transition; and 3) examine roles of public and private sectors. Warren Qualley, Barry Myers, and Peter Neilley 11/3/10—Presentation at EIWSG Mtg. and distributed draft statement. Recommend changes to the plan where there is a definitive boundary. No additional action at this time. Ongoing. 7 EISWG Subgroup on Clarifying Roles in Sectors with Rapidly-Changing Needs 1) Define high-impact, decision support, and decision assistance; 2) clarify roles; and look at specific sectors to better understand where NOAA might meet evolving needs (transportation, weather, wildfire management); 3) 4D Weather Cube Qualley, Myers11/3/10—Discussion at EISWG Mtg. No Action Required. Could comment on future work. 27 January 2011 AMS, Seattle

No.Work Plan Item PurposeParticipants /Lead Status 8 Open Weather Service Concept 1) Establish policy and procedures that allow Enterprise members access to NWS (and in general NOAA) hi-res environmental data that traditionally are only available inside of the NWS; (2) Establish policy and procedures that allow Enterprise members earlier access to new and evolving datasets during the development and testing periods of that data. Peter Neilley & Phil Ardanuy Develop white paper 2/11 EISWG review 3/11 Work with DAARWG & CWG Draft recommendation 3/11 Adopt recommendation in March 2011 for SAB. Identify Next Steps for discussion at EISWG 2011 summer workshop 9 EISWG 2011 Summer Workshop Issues to be discussed: Partnership Policy, Technology Roadmap, Services Roadmap, and Open Weather Service Concept McPherson, Ardanuy, Neilley, Grimit, Lazo, Winkler and Qualley Colleton & Dabberdt to contact AMS/Veronica Johnson. Draft Agenda. Announce Workshop January 2011 AMS, Seattle