US IOOS ® Contributions to Maritime Security Integrated Ocean Observing System Program Office Department of Commerce, NOAA Suzanne Skelley Deputy Director ISR Symposium Washington, DC 11 June 2013 America’s “Best-Kept ISR Secret”

 Climate change  Environmental degradation  Ecological disasters  Overfishing  Illegal migrants  Drug and people smuggling  Disruption of the global supply chain  Weapons proliferation  Critical infrastructure interruption  Traditional naval threats 2 Challenges to Maritime Security

Policy Framework “The Nation lacks effective mechanisms for incorporating scientific information into decision- making processes in a timely manner.” 3 1. Improving national and homeland security 2. Improving predictions (climate, ocean, weather…) 3. Improving safety and efficiency 4. Mitigating the effects of natural hazards 5. Enabling the sustained use of marine resources 6. Protecting/restoring coastal ecosystems 7. Reducing public health risks We cannot manage or protect what we cannot sense, measure, analyze and communicate!

US IOOS ® is…  A national program comprising 17 federal agencies  Numerous partners in academia and industry  Strategically positioned and aligned with:  Department of Homeland Security and US Coast Guard  Department of Defense and the US Navy  Broader regional, national and international ocean, coastal and inland water stakeholder groups 4 A rising “star” in the Nation’s ISR “constellation”

IOOS ® Maritime ISR 5  Data Management and Communications (DMAC) informs common operating picture  High Frequency radars  Stationary & mobile platforms  Unmanned surface & profiling gliders  Modeling and analysis  Ocean observatories  Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS ® )  Coastal Data Information Program

IOOS ® High Frequency Radar 6  HF radars measure speed and direction of ocean surface currents  All-weather effectiveness  Horizontal resolutions / ranges vary  Very high resolution – 15 miles  Medium resolution – 55 miles  Low resolution – 125 miles  Paired HF radars cover 6,000 square miles of ocean surface  Network increased to 132 radars in 2013 from 20 HF radars in 2002  IOOS data management resulted in a national network  DHS funded tests of HF radars for vessel of interest tracking

Collaborations: USCG and DHS / USN 7  US Coast Guard  Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS)  Maritime Wide-Area Surveillance  Homeland Security and Navy  Vessel of interest tracking complicated by “dark ships”  Open Mongoose

IOOS ® Response to SuperStorm Sandy 8  IOOS partners’ buoys, gliders and other sensors generated hourly updates  Wind velocities, wave heights and periods, water levels  Air and water temperatures  40+ High Frequency Radars  Ocean current data  Information shared with National Hurricane Center  Generated time critical warnings for local public officials  Storm path and flooding updates

9 IOOS Informs Decisions

IOOS ® : No Longer “Best-Kept Secret” 10  Innovative use of scarce resources for the Nation’s oceanographic ISR needs  Contributes to understanding and knowledge of oceans, coastal seas, inland waters  IOOS ISR generates direct contributions to US Maritime Security US IOOS ® enables decision-making and underpins scientific advances.

US IOOS ® Points of Contact 11  Ms. Zdenka Willis, Director   Ms. Suzanne Skelley, Deputy Director   Mr. Carl Gouldman, Division Chief   Ms. Jennie Lyons, Public Affairs 

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The Maritime Domain Is… “All areas and things of, on, under, relating to, adjacent to, bordering on or over a sea, ocean, or other navigable waterway, including all maritime related activities, infrastructure, people, cargo, and vessels and other conveyances.” 13 National Security Presidential Directive-41

Maritime Domain Awareness Is… “…the effective understanding of anything associated with the global maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment of the United States.” “…enhanced capability to identify threats to the Maritime Domain as early and as distant from our shores as possible by integrating intelligence, surveillance, observation, and navigation systems into a common operating picture accessible throughout the US Government.” National Security Presidential Directive

IOOS ® “Demand Signal” 15 “The ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes provide jobs, food, energy resources, ecological services, recreation, and tourism opportunities, and play critical roles in our Nation’s transportation and trade, as well as the global mobility of our Armed Forces and the maintenance of international peace and security.” Executive Order Stewardship of the Ocean, our Coasts and the Great Lakes