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Acting Director Al Powell Al Powell - Deputy Director Senior Scientist P. Menzel Tech Support Team J. Brust Cooperative Research Programs Acting M. Demaria Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division M. Goldberg Satellite Oceanography Division E. Bayler Sensor Physics Branch F. Weng 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 ??? Satellite Ocean Sensors Branch D. Clark Marine Ecosystems and Climate Branch A. Strong Operational Products Development Branch H. Drahos Office of Satellite Applications and Research - Structure including Institutes

Important NOAA University/Non-Profit Research Institutions Partnership Program Focal point in facilitating and enhancing scientific research between the federal government, various universities, and non-profit research institutions Research collaborations of scientific research workers nationally and internationally NOAA NESDIS Cooperative Institutes Program FOCUS ON RESEARCH 2004

NOAA/NESDIS Cooperative Institute Research Themes CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies) University of Wisconsin-Madison Weather Nowcasting and Forecasting Clouds and Radiation Global Hydrological Cycle Environmental Trends Climate CICS (Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies) University of Maryland Global Energy and Water Cycle Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Atmospheric Chemistry CIOSS (Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies) Oregon State University (Proposed Themes) Satellite Sensors and Techniques Ocean-Atmosphere Fields and Fluxes Ocean-Atmosphere Models and Data Assimilation Ocean-Atmosphere Analyses Outreach, Education and Training CIRA (Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere) Colorado State University 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 Area 1: Numerical Modeling Crosscutting Research Area 2: Education, Training, and Outreach

NOAA NESDIS Cooperative Institutes Geographical Locations CIRA 2004 CIMSS * * * CIOSS *CICS CREST *

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 To conduct research consistent with NOAA's missions of environmental assessment, prediction, and environmental stewardship To create a framework to recruit and train graduate students from under represented minorities for professional opportunities within NOAA Create methodologies to improve the capabilities of NOAA to describe and predict changes in the Earth’s environment

Center Research Themes Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Air Quality Monitoring Estuarine, Coastal and Marine RS and Water Quality Monitoring Remote Sensing Applications for Environmental Assessment and Forecasting

NOAA NESDIS Cooperative Institutes Proposal Process for 5-Year Institutional Award CICS CIMSS CIOSS CIRA Cooperative Institutes Send Proposals to ORA Program Manager NOAA Grants Management Division DOC General Counsel OEAM Office of Executive Assistance Management U.S. Representatives Notify Respective University Notifies U.S. Representatives Notifies Offices of Congressional Affairs(72-hour Blackout) GMD OEAM Cooperative Institute Program Manager/ Program Specialist ORA REVIEW ORA Program Officers ORA Technical Review ORA Admin Officer ORA Director & Deputy 2004

SCIENCE INTO OPERATIONS

NSIS & ORA Science into Operations Increased efficiency –SPSRB Processes Increased capability –Support increasing user requirements Changing paradigm –Requirements driven (CORL/MORL) –Priority based –Performance metrics Changing infrastructure

Cooperative Institutes (CI) The Cooperative Institutes are NOAA partners who provide core capabilities supporting NOAA scientific needs CHANGING PROCESS: NOAA Administrative Order –Defines CI policy, available on web site CI Operations Manual –Under development Re-compete schedule –Under development

Coordinating Scientific Research Set priorities for each year’s proposals Work closely with CI’s to support NSIS needs and requirements Review user requirements Actively plan paths to the future Focus on applying research to operational needs

ORA Changing Infrastructure Work in ‘operational’ environment Provide resources on demand Improve Science into Operations –Faster, cheaper, more efficiently Held an IT Infrastructure WG (May 2005) –Starting to implement the recommendations

ObjectivesPerformance Measure NOAA Strategic Plan NSIS Strategic Plan STAR Strategic Plan STAR Science and Technology Roadmap STAR Research Project Plans Forges a Path: Goals and Cross-Cutting Priorities Outlines an Initiative: NSIS Goals and Objectives Identifies a Direction: Office Goals and Objectives Implements a Plan: Individual Activity Planning Charts a Course: Integrated Research Planning Reviews an Agency: Annual Program Performance Report Considers a Program: Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Appraises an Office: Program Component Evaluation Evaluates a Plan: Long Term Performance Measurement Measures an Activity: Activity Assessment Report

Demonstrating our Focus The Roadmap is built around several themes: Building from the past, Mastering the present, and Creating the Future. Be new, be first, and be the best! Expecting Excellence while achieving success. Our Divisions and Programs are utilizing satellite technology to assist NOAA in achieving the agency’s Goals.

NOAA Mission Support Ecosystems Commerce Climate Weather And Water Sound, Sate-of-the Art Research Integrated Global Environmental Observations One NOAA One Satellite Single Sensor Two Satellites Single Sensors Two Satellites Multiple Sensors One Satellite Multiple Sensors Multiple Satellites Different Orbits Multiple Sensor Where Science Gains Value! Demonstration with NASA AQUA Products from MetOP Instruments Products from NPOESS, GOES-R Quicker Release Into Operations Risk Reduction Sea Surface Winds, Sea Surface Temperatures, Precipitation, Rain Fall Rates, Operational Ocean Remote Sensing, Coral Reef Early Warning System, Coral Bleaching, Sea Surface Height, Sea Ice, New Sensor Research Land surface monitoring, vegetation indexing, snow cover, cloud Parameters, atmospheric profiles, moisture profiles, cloud Track winds, Air quality, Albedo, Outreach Ozone, Temperature, Moisture, Trace Constituents, Aerosol Research, Carbon and Hydrological Cycle Research, Global Precipitation Climate Data Record Creation, Calibration, Validation Experiments, Sensor Research, Archive Product Reprocessing, Outreach Sea Ice Movement, Ocean Surface Winds, Ocean Surface Height, Ocean Vessel Monitoring Wildfires, Volcano Eruptions, Fog, Low Clouds, Icing, Outreach Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms Ocean Color, Outreach 17 Sensors 57 Sensors Today Enhanced Capabilities Sensors Terabytes of Data Daily Petabytes of Archived Data Teraflops of Computing Power Gigabits of Network Speed

Summary General Cooperative Institute Overview Science into Operations –Improved processes Cooperative Institutes –Changing Landscape –NAO, Ops Manual, Competitive Process Coordinating Scientific Research –Setting Priorities –Focus on the Future Changing Infrastructure –IT Working Group –Plan for the Future Many Good Things Are Happening!!! –AWG and the GOES-R Risk Reduction