Jay Titlow Can the private sector help fund the academic and public sectors?

Current Paradigm End User Private Sector Academia Government Products Friction paths for the Private Sector Friction paths for the Academic/Govt Sectors

Evolving Changes Government Products End User Private Sector Academia Examples:Mesonets, Drifters, etc.

Current Paradigms Mot End UserPrivate Sector Academia Government Dollars Friction paths …and lack of any path!

New Paradigm End Users Private Sector Academia Government Dollars Focus: Leverage all sectors to build “better” products which will lead to more end users that will pay more for products.

Started in 1987, A national mesonet and marine forecast service geared for the recreational sailor. Key: Since inception, charges for data when competition is free. …so, just how can the private sector help fund the academic and public sectors? Case Study: WeatherFlow’s Potential Contributions

Data source for NWS (sites are located where existing sensors are not). Public/academic benefits: A) Mesonet

WeatherFlow Observation pushed to users at 1624: WSW 41G65 Minute later, NWS issued : SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 426 PM EDT TUE JUL A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 450 PM EDT FOR ACCOMACK COUNTY IN EASTERN VIRGINIA... AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TANGIER TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARBORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR HARBORTON AND PUNGOTEAGUE AROUND 445 PM... TANGIER AROUND 450 PM... Data source for NWS

Data source for NWS (sites are located where existing sensors are not). Public/academic benefits: A) Mesonet Data source for Academia (cost of accessing data from mesonet a fraction of cost of going solo). Data source for USCG SAR activities.

“Coast Guard Group Hampton Roads is responsible for maritime search planning in Virginia's tidal waters and 200 miles out to sea. The SAR (Search and Rescue) controllers have a need for wind data in order to predict the area to which a distressed craft might drift while disabled. I believe that your sites offer a significant advantage to these controllers within lower Chesapeake Bay. The NOAA PORTS system is useful, but its sensor locations are oriented toward the needs of larger ships. Most Coast Guard SAR cases involve recreational craft in areas of the bay not normally used by commercial shipping. Your sensors give our people a much better picture of local winds.” Norman G Heller US Coast Guard Auxiliary Command Duty Officer Group Hampton Roads Data for Search & Rescue

Data source for NWS (sites are located where existing sensors are not). Public/academic benefits: A) Mesonet Data source for Academia (cost of accessing data from mesonet a fraction of cost of going solo). Data source for USCG SAR activities. Data source for DHS,EM.

WITHOUT WITH HPAC Output Oct 22, 6pm NWS only NWS and WeatherFlow * Place sites where they will reveal the intricacies of the mesoclimate, not at the nearest airport. DATA for Homeland Defense

Data source for NWS (sites are located where existing sensors are not). Evolving portal for new instruments. Public/academic benefits: A) Mesonet Employment sources for grads. Data source for Academia (cost of accessing data from mesonet a fraction of cost of going solo). Data source for USCG SAR activities. Data source for DHS,EM.

A) Mesonet Keywords: operational, permanent.

Public/academic benefits: B) Emerging technologies Improved tidal models

*- Titlow, J.K., 2003: On the Use of a Coastal Mesonet to Reveal Anomalous Mesoscale Flows in Weakly-Forced Synoptic Conditions. Proceedings of the AMS Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, Seattle, WA, August, 6-8, 2003, WeatherFlow Research Tide/Sea Breeze correlations

Public/academic benefits: B) Emerging technologies Mesoscale meteorological models Improved tidal models

WeatherFlow Mesoscale Models

Public/academic benefits: B) Emerging technologies Mesoscale meteorological models NOS Estuary Modeling (Sea Nettle maps in Chesapeake Bay.) Improved tidal models Remote sensing advancements (QuikSCAT, SeaWIFS) Improved wave modeling (NOAA WaveWatch III) End User Research Improved Products $$$

Public/academic benefits: B) Emerging delivery methods: Web sites: Raise visibility of academic/ government sensors ( e.g. NOAA PORTS). Web sites: Provide an instant captive audience for research projects (e.g., NOS Sea Nettle maps in Chesapeake Bay). /text message alerts: Important variables are pushed to clients(e.g., wind alerts sent to Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Police trigger closures and transport restrictions).

Page Views Portal for emerging technologies

Sept page views Sept page views Sept page views Sept ,939 page views Sept ,449 page views Sept page views Sept page views Sept page views Chesapeake Real-time wind map on WeatherFlow home page 100-fold increase

Voice XML Portable push and pull delivery methods

End user funds more…but the end user expects more!

Provider becomes end-user! Isabel at the office.