1. Water and Energy Cycle Project Office (WECPO)
P.R. Houser, PI and D.R. Belvedere
Project status:
Year 1 & 2 complete –
Year 1 – Exploiting current capabilities
Year 2 – Coordination and Integration focus/ Team building/Are we on track?
1st, and 2nd Annual NEWS meetings held
NEWS Implementation Plan (a living document) and Executive Summary completed
Tasks and Gaps assessment compiled
NDIC established, Data policy in place
NEWS Outreach -Informative NEWS Web presence, NEWS and NEWS applications (WaterNet) presentations given
Houser/Schlosser State of the Water Cycle Paper used as Integration Base
5 new NEWS Investigators selected to fill gaps
Year 3 (now)
3rd Annual NEWS meeting held, 1st NEWS letter distributed
Goal: looking within our team for opportunities to integrate our ideas, expertise, and resources to accelerate progress toward water and energy research goals.
3 NEW Integration Projects begin
Objective: To establish a creative environment facilitating the further development and maintenance of NASA water and energy cycle projects, services and products with emphasis on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the collaboration, data and product/service stream between various program elements.
Tasks:
Strategic planning: Preparing & periodically updating IP, developing NEWS related planning information
Budget oversight: Monitoring NEWS resources allocated, planning future timelines.
Implementation and execution: Supporting team coordination.
Oversight and evaluation: Evaluating progress against implementation plan and reporting scientific progress & accomplishments.
Support and administration: Providing logistical & administrative support on matters for teams and project leadership.
Outreach & interchange: Coordinating research planning & implementation matters with Federal agencies & international bodies. Prepare briefing documents outlining accomplishments and plans
NEWS linkages: (pull, push, collaborate, external)
NASA Energy and Water cycle Study roadmap.
Applications:
WaterNet:The NASA Water Cycle
Solutions Network
Integration
State of the Water Cycle database
Integration Project #1: Daily Time Scale
Integration Project #2: Two Golden Years, SGP focus
Integration Project #3: Annual and Longer time scales
Major Result to go in lower left side: Figures should not be too complex or busy – this example is probably the limit of acceptable complexity.
Updated: October 31, 2007