1. Input to SECOORA Business Plan (Jacksonville, July 27-28, 2005)
R & D Breakout Group
Input to SECOORA Business Plan
(Jacksonville, July 27-28, 2005)

2. R & D Operations Objectives: Current
Model evaluation and improvement
Circulation, waves, storm surge, sediments
Operation vision: what is it? And, how to get there?
National backbone coordination
Design strategy to engage & coordinate design
Need additional observations
Esp. benthic and biological
User communications
Needs assessment, demonstrate utility to users, plan link to Enterprise Architecture

3. R & D Operations Objectives: Year 1
Systems assessment
Error bars, sensitivity analysis
Short term demonstration
Sediment transport, CODAE, S+R
Regional coordination
w/ Feds, users, industry
Research thrusts
Coastal hazards
Waves, storm surge, rip currents
Biological observations (fisheries, biology)
Observation technology assessment
Gliders, AUVs, bottoms sensors

4. R & D Operations Objectives: Year 2-5
Develop & test (quasi)operational nowcast/forecast system
Currents, storm surge, waves, tides, inundation, ecosystems
Data management
Enterprise and region
Scientific analysis
Annual and interannual trends, cross-shelf exchange
SECOORA-wide ecosystem analysis
Sensors and observations
Full-fledged biological/chemical monitoring
CO2 air-sea exchange
Education
Graduate degrees in operational oceanography
Train next generation w/COOS technology

6. R & D Infrastructure: Current
Inventory of existing sensor capabilities
biosensors, seafloor mapping, etc.
Inventory of communication infrastructure
Satellite, telemetry, etc.
Test/gain experience with sensors (bio, HF radar) and offshore observing systems (buoy, platforms, Explorer of the Sea/ships of opp.)
Models (early quasi-operational capability)
Data assimilation, GRID technologies, OSSE’s, metrics, standardization

7. R & D Infrastructure: 1 year
Sensor and obs tech development
Short term: profilers, acoustics, etc.
Testbeds
computation (GRID, lambda-rail)
sensors
Seafloor mapping (habitats, benthic dynamics)
Better dialogue and coordination
Sharing capabilities and personnel
Develop cost estimates

8. R & D Infrastructure: 2-5 year
Sensor and observational technology developments
HF radar, bio and water quality, metazoan detection, seafloor/seabed, air-sea, etc.
Expand coverage (geographically & data type)
Acoustic arrays, biosensors, seafloor mapping
Distributed modeling center to share resources (models, data, computers)
Better dialogue and coordination of build-out activities to achieve cost reduction, etc.

10. R & D Relationships and Procedures: Current State
Poor communication in general (sub-region, region, between regions)
Little support for:
Fisheries, sediment transport, HF Radar tests, data management strategies
However, there exist developing communications:
Between R-COOS and Federal Backbone

11. R & D Relationships and Procedures: 1 year
Links at national level (ACT, OMB, OSTP, CEQ, ORION, OOI, etc.)
Links at local level (State, County, Water Districts, etc.)
Coordinate R&D efforts (regional plan, establish a committee/consortium)
Develop relationship with non-traditional funding sources (NIH, foundations, etc.)

12. R & D Relationships and Procedures: 2-5 year
Expand/develop links with:
Private sector (commercial & recreational fishing, IT, Instrument manufacturers, etc.)
Academia (Applied sciences, Advanced materials)
Feds (Fisheries, MMS, Emergency management, etc.)
Expand/build interoperability (R&D with other regions)

14. R & D Resource Arrangements: Current
Internal (RA) coordination needed
Models, data collection, grant applications
Funding issues
User needs should drive
Stabilize support, simplify admin
Fisheries as a source of support
External coordination
Ocean US role, other Feds
Specific resource needs
Biosensors, computer resources, AUVs, bottom maps

15. R & D Resource Arrangements: 1 year
Regional resource coordination
Infrastructure, shiptime, proposals, testbeds
Federal Support
Ship access and funding, MOU’s (speed process)
Expert Assessments of
COOS R&D, models, sensors (incl. bio/geo/chem)
Peer review within RA
Drives resource allocation
Subregional assessments
For gaps, duplication

16. R & D Resource Arrangements: 2-5 years
Sources of resources
NMFS, States, Industry, other Feds (NSF, MMS, ?)
R&D Administration
Shared technical staff, asset inventory, R&D needs
Observing System needs
Central calib. Facility, bio & chem sensor development
Education
Improve engineering education in SE
Introduce Operational Oceanography in SE curricula

18. R & D: Comments Education MOU’s a good approach Oceans Act in FL
Needs to be highlighted and is a long term needs
MOU’s a good approach
Do at regional level
Leverage resources
Oceans Act in FL
Will coordinate all oceans activity in FL
Coastal research by state agencies, universities, all that they can.

19. R & D: Gaps Adopt system engineering approach to design obs. System
Have meetings w/ NASA (and NWS Operational Met offices) to see how they do it
CLARUS under FHWA as an example in NWS
Invited speaker at next meeting ot explain
Training sessions
Sys engineering thoughts
Requires engineers to be involved
Salaries need to be addressed: mismatch of marine science vs. engineering
We need to know more about what it means
Alpha to omega considerations
Regional system engineering caveat
can only be done by licensed engineer in FL
But can do systems eng. approach w/out being a system engineer

20. R & D: Gaps Biological Chemical sensors Communicate outside region
Need coordinated efforts, external & internal to RA
Communicate outside region
Sensors development
Need fed level coordination efforts
NFRA leads?, Ocean.US engagement as Obs & Modeling groups similar to DMAC
Talent/Expertise inventory is needed
Who does what? People are most expensive resource
Encourage existing research programs to coordinate w/ obs. programs
Funding agencies require/encourage coord. w/ ongoing obs systems into RFPs
Researchers able to use COOS data
Share/coordinate infrastructure (gliders, ships, etc.)

21. R & D: Gaps Expand utility of current sensors Data policy
Harden current sensor technologies
Use existing sensors to address different dynamics
R&D on experimental design / novel applications
New algorithms to get new measurements from current sensors
E.g., waves from HF radar
Data policy
Who can use, when, etc.?
SECOORA measurements publicly, routinely available
Intellectual property rights
Open source software

23. R & D Breakout Group
Summary

24. R&D - 1
Need additional observations (esp. biology, chem, water quality, benthic/seafloor)
Distributed modeling center to share resources (models, data, computers)
Short term demonstrations (testbeds, e.g., storm surge, waves, sediment, fisheries) to
assess capabilities (full suite of sensors, transmission, observing system components, data management and archival)
determine additional/longterm R&D needs

25. R&D - 2
Coordinate R&D efforts (regional plan, establish a committee/consortium) – include national (Federal) through local (State through County) agencies, use of MOU’s as a effective way for collaboration.
Expand/develop links with:
Private sector (commercial & recreational fishing, IT, Instrument manufacturers, etc.)
Academia (Applied sciences, Advanced materials)

26. R&D - 3 Adopt system engineering approach to design obs. System
Experience w/ NASA and NWS Operational Met offices
Establish workshops
Better dialogue and coordination
Sharing capabilities and personnel
Develop cost estimates

27. R&D - 4 Scientific analysis
Annual and interannual trends, cross-shelf exchange
SECOORA-wide ecosystem analysis
Expand coverage (geographically & data type – many gaps in both)
Acoustic arrays, biosensors, seafloor mapping

28. R&D - 5 Education Graduate degrees in operational oceanography
Train next generation w/COOS technology