1. Long-term Ecosystem Observatory
Site Visit 6 October 2005
Agenda
Thursday 6 October 2005
Morning Session
10:00 Staff Introductions
Opening/Welcoming remarks Dr. Scott Glenn
10:20 Oceanographer of the Navy Initiatives Mr. Bob Winokur
10:45-12:00 Rutgers/LEO Observation Technologies LEO Staff
Modeling, Data Assimilation, Data Fusion
12:00-1:00 Working Lunch (COOL)
Afternoon Session
1:00-4:30 Rutgers/LEO Exercises & Experiments LEO Staff
LEO Lessons-Learned
Glider Deployment Lessons-Learned
Morning session could include:
  Introductions.
  Presentation by Bob Winokur on Navy needs.
  Rutgers presentations on the tools we use.
       New Observation Technologies (satellites, codar, gliders, remus, cable)
       Atmospheric models
       Ocean Models.
This provides the background info on the applications.
Lunch in the COOLroom.  We’ll have lunch brought in and set up in our Operations Center.   You’ll be able to see how we control our systems, fuse the data, and provide guidance to our ships at sea.
Afternoon Session on Applications.
     Here I have envisioned more of an ala carte menu of applications that we can choose from.
     The list is provided here for information on the possibilities.  I think we’ll want to make this
     A time for more open discussions, but use the different applications to motivate those discussions.
     The applications are:
             NOPP LEO Coastal Predictive Skill Experiments
             NSF LaTTE Hudson River Plume Experiment
             ONR SW06 Shallow Water Joint Experiment
             ONR CBLAST Nepheloid Layers Experiment
             NSF Eddies Sargasso Sea Experiment.
             Coast Guard Search And Rescue tests
             Counter Narco-Terrorism/DHS Vessel Tracking
              Navy MIREM Exercises
              Navy SHAREM 150 Exercise in the Sargasso
              Navy SHAREM 151 Exercise –
    For the SHAREM 151 Exercise, we can show you how the gliders are being controlled from Rutgers,
    And Chip Haldeman, the glider technician that was on the Mary Sears for the glider deployments,
    Can provide a first hand account of glider operations at Sea.

2. Long-term Ecosystem Observatory
Site Visit 6 October 2005
CNO(N7C): Who we are…
CNO
DCNO (N6/7)
Oceanographer
of the Navy (N7C)
U.S. Naval Observatory
Commander, Naval
Meteorology & Oceanography
PEO C4I&Space
PMW-180
The Oceanographer is a Resource Sponsor for the Naval Oceanography Program,
encompassing the following mission areas:
Oceanography
Meteorology
Precise Time & Astrometry
Geospatial Information & Services
- Operations
- R&D
- Procurement

3. Long-term Ecosystem Observatory
Site Visit 6 October 2005
CNO(N7C) Site Visit to LEO: Why we’re here…
LEO
LBSF&I
LEO goal is “to develop a real-time capability for rapid environmental assessment and physical/biological forecasting in coastal waters.”
LBSF&I… “Transforms the warfighter’s ability to leverage environmental Battlespace Awareness for smart asset / sensor placement and operational effectiveness… end-to-end integration of “in-littoral” sensors into FORCEnet, including cohesive, net-centric information flow to tactical users. ”

4. Long-term Ecosystem Observatory
Site Visit 6 October 2005
Site Visit Objectives
Directly observe real-time multi-sensor data collection, assimilation and forecasting techniques/processes from an operational Observatory
Learn of challenges associated w/ establishing and operating a regional observatory (e.g., data communications, visualization), integrating into a national (USN  global) observation network
Build understanding of LEO’s end-to-end collection-fusion-integration (visualization) for application to refine Navy’s LBSF&I requirements
Escape the DC insanity!

5. Long-term Ecosystem Observatory
Site Visit 6 October 2005
LBSF&I Analysis Supporting Improved Environmental Characterization…
Significant mine clearance timeline reductions, fewer ship losses
More effective & efficient sensor, ship and submarine placement through improved knowledge of the environment
Increased personnel survivability
LBSF&I Focus Elements
Sensor data collection (ships, aircraft, unmanned vehicles, space sensors)
Sensor data processing, assimilation and model fusion
Service delivery to decisions aids, common operational picture(s)