Office of Research and Applications (ORA) The Office of Research and Applications (ORA) provides overall guidance and direction to the research and application activities. It provides expert service to other NESDIS offices relating to sensor development, instrument problems, or systems hardware components. Locations: Camp Springs, and Suitland, MD; Madison, WI; Fort Collins, CO; College Park, MD; Charleston, SC Director: Marie Colton Deputy Director: Al Powell

ORA …… …..is becoming the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)

Director Marie Colton Al Powell - Deputy Director Senior Scientist P. Menzel Tech Support Team J. Brust Cooperative Research Programs F. Holt Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division M. Goldberg Satellite Oceanography Division E. Bayler Sensor Physics Branch M. Weinreb Environmental Monitoring and Climate Branch D. Tarpley Satellite Climate Studies Branch A. Gruber NESDIS/UMD Coop. Inst. For Climate Studies Advanced Satellite Products Branch J. Key Regional & Mesoscale Meteorology Branch M. DeMaria NESDIS/UW Coop. Inst. For Met. Satellite Studies OAR/NESDIS /CSU Coop. Inst. For Research in the Atmosphere NOAA/NASA Joint Center For Satellite Data Assim. NOAA/CUNY Coop. Inst. For Remote Sensing Science & Tech. NESDIS/OSU Coop. Inst. for Oceanographic Satellite Studies Ocean Dynamics and Data Assimilation Branch R. Cheney Satellite Ocean Sensors Branch D. Clark Marine Ecosystems and Climate Branch A. Strong Operational Products Development Branch H. Drahos Center For Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) (Proposed Structure including Institutes)

Hurricane Dora GOS - QuikSCAT backscatter and ocean vector winds < 12 hr coverage M. H. Freilich COAS/OSU W. L. Jones UCF 10 Aug 1999

Monitoring annual drought trends in South America Most affected are Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay AVHRR data delineates areas of vegetation stress (Red areas) Data provided to USDA (Foreign Agriculture Service)

Severe Weather August 28,2003

This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button Select “Meeting Minder” Select the “Action Items” tab Type in actionitems as they come up Click OK to dismiss this box This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered. NESDIS Cooperative Institutes April 20, 2004

Location of CoRP Partners

Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (CICS) NOAA/University of Maryland MOU signed in 1983 Focus – CICS research themes involve activities in five general research task areas. They are: Remote Sensing Research and Development; In Situ Measurement Research and Development; Analysis of Remotely Sensed, In Situ and Model Generated Data; Data Assimilation Studies; Data Collection and Archival. Federal staff on site Funding mechanism - Cooperative Agreement (Administered by NWS until 1999 when it was transferred to NESDIS) Five Year Cycle – September 1, 2001 – August 31, 2006

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) - NESDIS/NASA/University of Wisconsin MOA signed in 1980 (revised in 1989 to include NASA (Langley Research Center & Goddard Space Flight Center) Focus - Research themes involve activities in general research task areas such as: Satellite Data Product Development; Satellite Data Processing Techniques; New Remote Sensing Instrumentation and Applications; Satellite Data Assimilation Studies and Satellite Data Collection and Archive. Federal staff on site Funding Mechanism - Cooperative Agreement Five-Year Cycle - October 1, September 30, 2005

Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS) - NOAA/Oregon State University FOCUS- Development, calibration, and validation of satellite sensors, techniques, algorithms, applications, surface parameters, and surface fluxes; data assimilation and use of satellite-derived fields to force and evaluate numerical models of the ocean and atmospheric circulation; and the analysis of data derived from satellites or in conjunction with satellite data to improve the understanding of satellite ocean remote sensing, satellite oceanography, and the ocean-atmosphere system. MOA Signed 12/23/03 by VADM Lautenbacher. Also signed October 2, 2003 by OSU President Edward J. Ray) Federal Staff are not located on site at this time. Funding Mechanism – Cooperative Agreement Five Year Cycle - April 1, 2003-March 31, 2008

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) - NOAA/Colorado State University MOU signed 1980 Focus – Global and Regional Climate Studies; Local and Mesoscale Area Weather; Forecasting and Evaluation; Cloud Physics; Applications of Satellite Observations; Air Quality and Visibility; Societal and Economic Impacts; Crosscutting Research areas 1 & 2: Numerical Modeling; Education, Training and Outreach. Federal staff on site Funding Mechanism - Cooperative Agreement (Administered by OAR) Five Year Cycle – July 1, 2001-June 30, 2006

Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (CREST) A consortium of the City College of the City University of New York (CCUNY) WITH Bronx Community College Bowie State University Columbia University Hampton University Lehman College University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Puerto Rico

CREST Mission and Purpose Cooperative Center established in 2001 Focus: Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Air Quality Monitoring, Estuarine, Coastal and Marine RS and Water Quality Monitoring, Remote Sensing Applications for Environmental Assessment and Forecasting. A special focus to recruit and train graduate students from under represented minorities in NOAA related sciences. No Federal staff on site, but frequent interchange Funding mechanism - Cooperative Agreement Three-Year Cycle – October 2001-September 2004, with two year extension to September 2006

Institute Foci  Science Directions –Relevance to NESDIS’ and NOAA’s mission –Addressing the longer term science directions –Developing our future workforce –Coordination of efforts via annual retreat Leveraging University Research & CollaborationLeveraging University Research & Collaboration –Conducting R&D of interest to NOAA & NESDIS –Opportunity to develop joint proposals with research and academic faculty –Working with/developing graduate students –Hiring visiting scientists