MACOORA 2009 Annual Conference Coastal Inundation/Climate Change Issues Breakout Conversation User: What do I need now that I’m not getting? Provider: What can MACOORA do? Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS) Chesapeake Inundation Prediction System (CIPS) Barry Stamey Director, Strategic Collaboration, Noblis

Peak Inundation – Hurricane Isabel Hampton/Poquoson, VA Langley AFB Fire Stations Hampton Poquoson

“Coastal Inundation Prediction System of Systems” (CIPSS) Real-time Observations Static Databases Real-time Modeling Ensemble Forecasting Visualization & Products Validation & Assimilation Product Delivery User Engagement & Valuation Data Management & Communications Sys Eng – Requirements, Conops, Gap Analysis, Prototypes, Acquisition, Deploy, Sustain Standards & Common Architecture User Identification and Needs Atmospheric Water Level Stream Flow Bathy Topo Atmospheric Hydrologic Hydrodynamic Precipitation Waves Precipitation Waves GIS Layers Model Graphs Model Vis Uncertainty Future? Tides Future? History Rules Other Inputs Future? Fcst Text Future Research & Development Fcst Graphs Static Vis Animated Vis Winds Atm Sensor WL Gages Inundation Future? Phone calls Cmd Center Future? On Scene Internet Spatial and Temporal Scales and Applications across Spectrum of Societal Needs & Users Public Innovation >>> Rapid Prototyping Draft Stamey Future?

Filling the Gaps: Identifying opportunities and solutions What is the user base – To the WFO to the public – How to EMs – How to civil community How to express confidence/uncertainty – Credibility storm to storm – What is the probability of something happening Which one – whose information – do planners believe – The lay person needs to have confidence – assess validity How does it impact me – localize the impact – Observations are not dense enough to provide confidence and validate models – Need cheap sensors and affordable O&M Disclose more information about model so that users know what they are getting – Not just a simple validation Standards for modeling and decision making – better to move or save?

Filling the Gaps: Identifying opportunities and solutions Roles and responsibilities – not just government – Capabilities from all sectors – MACOORA is good opportunity to explore conops – And people still have to have confidence in the forecasts – social aspects – Heeding warnings comes with time – see it on the evening news Ensemble approach Synergy between federal and commercial providers – Pretty pictures versus state of the science Robust standardized statistical approach – USACE, NOAA – Model skill evaluation What are we actually going to provide – Who owns it and operates it – What level of detail Framework, conops Communication – visualization and engagement of users

Filling the Gaps: Identifying opportunities and solutions End to end – – Data collection, metadata, data management – Atmospheric models for real time forcing – Real time forecast of total water including waves and runoff – Sea level rise and climate change – Mean water datum – Subsidence Verification and validation – LIDAR – Enough gages to validate – Variable changes in sea level Modeling and metadata – Temperature, flow, water quality – ecological, ecosystem