Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research (OAR) Alexander E. MacDonald, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Administrator for Labs & Cooperative Institutes Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Research: Serving Society through Science
NOAA Research To conduct environmental research, provide scientific information and research leadership, and transfer research into products and services to help NOAA meet the evolving economic, social, and environmental needs of the Nation. Vision Mission A society that uses the results of our research as the scientific basis for more productive and harmonious relationships between humans and the environment.
Technology Transfer: DART TM
Technology Transfer: Science on a Sphere ®
Future Opportunities: Phased Array Radar Non-Cooperative Targets Efficient Multi-Beam Surveillance Efficient Multi-Beam Surveillance ADS-B Complement to Support ATC Rapid Hazardous Weather Detection High Quality Polarization Diverse Weather Data High Quality Polarization Diverse Weather Data Flexibility to Support New UAS Missions & Tasking Flexibility to Support New UAS Missions & Tasking Multi-Mission High Availability, Low Maintenance Open Architecture reduces lifecycle costs Power Adaptive Scan Multiple Simultaneous Beams Low cost COTS Components Non-Cooperative Targets Lockheed Martin proprietary
Future Opportunities: Unmanned Aerial Systems
Future Opportunities: Climate CarbonTracker AirCore TM
Wandering Blind Near a Cliff
Great Challenge of the 21 st Century: Cheap Carbon-free Energy Too bad cold fusion didn’t work…
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