1 SURA Board of Trustees 5 Nov ‘02 Ocean Integration Richard D. West Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) President Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

2 What is CORE? Non-profit, non-governmental organization 67 member institutions representing –Academia –Federal laboratories & programs –Aquariums

3 CORE HQ Staff CORE HQ Staff CORE Members Universities Higher Learning Institutions Aquaria CORE Members Universities Higher Learning Institutions Aquaria CORE BOG CORE BOG 14 Federal Agencies 14 Federal Agencies House Senate Public Outreach Public Outreach Research Education Oceans Caucus 50+ Oceans Caucus 50+ Program development and Management Develop Ocean Science Community Consensus Increase Support Encourage Cooperation Articulate & promote Ocean Science Needs & Goals What is CORE? Committees & Subcommittees 36 Committees & Subcommittees 36 Other Ocean & Coastal Organizations Other Ocean & Coastal Organizations Build Common Goals

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6 Oceans Act 2000 The law establishes a Commission which, in consultation with the states, a scientific advisory panel, and the public, develops recommendations for a National Oceans Policy (due June 2003). The President has 120 days to provide Congress with proposals to implement or respond to recommendations. The Commission is to give equal consideration to environmental, technical feasibility, economic, and scientific factors. In addition, the recommendations may not be specific to the lands or waters within a single state.

7 Purpose To establish a Commission to make recommendations for a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy that will promote: Protection of live and property Stewardship of ocean and coastal resources Enhancement of maritime commerce Expansion of human knowledge of the marine environment Investment in technologies to promote energy and food security Close cooperation among government agencies U.S. leadership in ocean and coastal activities

8 Oceans Act Scope The Commission’s report is required to include a review of the following: Existing and planned facilities (people, vessels, computers, satellites) Existing and planned federal activities Cumulative effect of federal laws Supply and demand for ocean and coastal resources Relationships between federal, state, and local governments, and the private sector Opportunities for the investment in new products and technologies State and federal integration efforts Modification to federal laws and/or the structure of federal agencies The effectiveness of existing federal interagency policy coordination

9 Ocean Commissions Challenges and Opportunities Rationalize organization of Federal ocean and coastal activities Integrate laws and policies Ensure greater involvement of Federal, State, Regional, and Local stakeholders Build the required knowledge base of ocean environment to support decision-makers Increase use of science and technology to meet aforementioned challenges Implement rational and coherent investment policies and plans

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11 “…we have the opportunity, urged by many presenters, to develop truly integrated ocean and coastal observing and prediction systems that are more sophisticated than ever before…but will we seize the opportunity?” US Commission on Ocean Policy, Mid-Term Report Sep ‘02

12 Coastal Observing Systems MOOS SEACOOS COOS GEM - Alaska GoMOOS NEPTUNE CBOS TABS SCOOP SFOMC SABSOON LEO-15 COMPS NGLI WAVCIS TCOON CARO-COOPS- Carolina Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program CBOS - Chesapeake Bay Observing System COMPS - Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System COOS - California Ocean Observing System CORMP - Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program GEM - Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring - Alaska DBOS- Deleware Bay Observing System GoMOOS - Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System LEO-15 - Long Term Environmental Observatory MOOS - MBARI Ocean Observing System NGLI - Northern Gulf of Mexico Littoral Initiative SABSOON - South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observational Network SEACOOS - Southeast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System SCOOP - Southeastern Coastal Ocean Observing System SFOMC - South Florida Ocean Management Center TABS - Texas Automated Buoy System TCOON - Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network WAVCIS- Wave-Current Surge Information System for Coastal Louisiana (NOAA, Navy, NASA, NSF, MMS, EPA, USGS, USCG, USACOE) CORMP CARA-COOPS DBOS

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17 National Oceanographic Partnership Program What is NOPP? 14 Federal agencies* together providing leadership and coordination of national oceanographic research & education programs What is NOPP? 14 Federal agencies* together providing leadership and coordination of national oceanographic research & education programs NOPP Mission to facilitate new interactions among federal agencies, academia & industry to increase visibility for ocean issues on the national agenda to achieve a higher level of coordinated effort & synergy across the broad oceanographic community NOPP Mission to facilitate new interactions among federal agencies, academia & industry to increase visibility for ocean issues on the national agenda to achieve a higher level of coordinated effort & synergy across the broad oceanographic community Ocean.US ( was created by NOPP in late 2000 and empowered to develop a tactical plan for implementation of a national ocean observing system by 2010 and to submit this plan to Congress by April Ocean.US will convene a workshop in March 2002 to define the conventions of the national ocean observing system and will submit this plan to Congress in April How will NOPP contribute to an Integrated Ocean and Coastal Observing System? *US Navy, NOAA, NSF, NASA, Dept. of Energy, EPA, US Coast Guard, USGS, DARPA, MMS, OSTP, OMB, State Dept., US Army CoE The National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP) has demonstrated that coalitions involving academia, government and industry can be successfully built.

18 IOOS Buoys and moorings Coastal mapping, bathymetry Coastal monitoring Drifters, gliders, AUVs High frequency radar Regional integration Seafloor cables Vessel observations Water level monitoring Altimeter Components In situ and satellite observations System support Research, outreach, services Cost Over 10 years Fiscal Year Dollars in Millions Ocean color Scatterometer Synthetic aperture radar Platform support Research Sensor development Communications Data, computer systems Outreach, product services and applications

19 National Ocean Research Leadership Council (NORLC) Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) Interagency Working Group (IWG) Program Office (NOPPO) [CORE] Federal Oceanographic Facilities Committee (FOFC) Ocean.US Office Ocean.US EXCOM NOPP Organizational Structure

Developing the 4-D Cube Common Operational Pictures Weapon Systems Mission Planning Systems Middleware 4-D CUBE Gateway WEN MMS Space (Astrometry) Foundational GI&S Data (Static Characterization) Imagery Terrain Nav Data Ocean Characterization AtmosphereCharacterization NIMA Navy Data Management Imagery Dynamic Force and Threat Information On scene Processing Thru The Sensor Data Dedicated Sensors ISR / ESG / MMS collections GPS Geo-temporal Tags Industry States NOAA / NASA / EPA / USGS … Ship of Opportunity Program GoMOOS, NGLI, Caro-COMP, etc. ARGO NCEP, ECMWF

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