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NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System

(IOOS) Program

Brief to

NOAA Climate Observation Division5th Annual System Review

05 June 2007

CAPT Christopher S. Moore, NOAADeputy Director, NOAA IOOS Program Office

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Outline

• GEOSS/GOOS/IOOS • NOAA IOOS Link to GEOSS • Organize for Success

• Organizational Relationships• Sample of NOAA Operational Observing Capability

– Integrate Data• Mission Requirements & Integration Needs• Integration Problem Example• Data Integration Framework

• NOAA Regional Capacity Support• FY07 Region IOOS Activities: Development• FY07 Region IOOS Activities: Management

• Legislative & Interagency Activities• IOOS Legislation• Interagency Actions

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Ocean Action Plan / Ocean Commission

Ocean Action Plan –“Build a Global Earth Observation Network, Including Integrated Oceans Observation”

Ocean Component of GEOSS

Ocean Component

of U.S. IEOS

U.S. IEOS

U.S. IOOS GOOS

GEOSS

U.S. Component

U.S. Component

GEOSS/GOOS/IOOS work together – a system of systems

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NOAA

OTHER FEDERAL

IOOS

OCEAN.USINDUSTRY

REGIONAL ICOOS

U.S. IOOS

US Europe Asia/Pacific Africa …

Geographic Coverage

GOOS

IEOS

GEOSS

IOOS

NOAA IOOS Link to GEOSS

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Organize for Success

NOAA’s Approach to IOOS

The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), of which NOAA is a contributor, is a coordinated national and international network of observations and data transmission, data management and communications (DMAC), and data analyses and modeling that systematically and efficiently acquires and disseminates data and information on past, present and future states of the oceans and U.S. coastal waters to the head of tide.

• Establish NOAA IOOS Program Office

– Lead and manage NOAA’s IOOS efforts

• Support external collaboration – Identify and encourage similar data

integration, test and evaluation approach by partners

• Develop a Data Integration Framework as the Initial Operating Capability

– Integrate priority IOOS core variables (NOAA & non-NOAA)

– Deliver integrated data sets to end users and models

– Quantify product improvements

Integrate Data

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NOAA IOOS Activities

NOAA Administrator

NOS Assistant Administrator

NOAA IOOS Program Director

Operations Programmatics

OAR Assistant Administrator

Organize For Success: Organizational Relationships

Leveraging existing NOAA-wide capabilities

Ocean.US

NOAA Ocean Council

NOAA Observing System Council

Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observations (IWGOO)

Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST)

Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource

Management Integration (ICOSRMI)

Interagency Connections

Guidance & Requirements

Capacity & Capabilities

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Data Management&

Communications Observations

Modeling &

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Regional Coastal Component

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Ports NWLON Geodesy – CORS Mussel Watch WX Buoys C-MAN Buoys NERR Sites

Sample of NOAA Operational Observing Capability

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The IOOS Challenge: Data Integration

Characterize the state of the global climate system and its variability

Improved models (e.g., hurricane intensity, coastal inundation, and harmful algal bloom model)

Improved ecosystem assessments

Updated management approaches

Improved access to data, and scientific information

IOOS Core Variables

TemperatureSalinitySea Level Surface currents Ocean color BathymetrySurface wavesIce distributionContaminantsDissolved nutrientsFish speciesFish abundanceZooplankton speciesOptical propertiesHeat fluxBottom characterPathogensDissolved O2

Phytoplankton speciesZooplankton abundance

IntegrationLong-term data

series, coordinated in space and time

Integrated Ecosystem

Assessment

Harmful Algal Bloom

Model

Hurricane Intensity

Model

Coastal Inundation

Model

Decision Tools

Societal Challenges Information Needs

Global climate not well understood

Coastal populations at risk

Ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems at risk

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Core Variable Integration Problem: Temperature (Example)

ARGO Profiling

Satellites

Drifting Buoys

NOAA Ships

VOS (xbt)

Weather Buoys

DART

C-MAN

NWLON

CREIOS

SWIM

SWMP

Tropical Moored Buoys

NOAA Ship Archive

ARGO Delayed data

NMFS

OAR

Single Sat. Pass Data

Multiple Sat. Pass Data

NCDC

NODC

CLASS

GDAC

NDBC

NCDDC

NERRS CDMO

AOML

PACIFIC I. FSC

CO-OPS

OSDPP

COAST WATCH

NOAA Ship Synoptic

PLATFORM Data Distribution Archive

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Data Integration Framework

Integrated Ecosystem

Assessment

Month 36Integration of 5 IOOS Core

Variables

• Product Enhancement

• Test & Evaluation

• Verification & Validation

• Integrated information services for NOAA programs

• Identify observation gaps

• Validated enhanced data products

• NOAA’s Data Integration Framework

Enhanced decision support through:

NOAA MISSION OBJECTIVES

NOAA 5 Core Variables

Months 0-12 Month 18 Month 24

Harmful Algal Bloom Model

Hurricane Intensity Model

Coastal Inundation Model

Temperature Salinity Sea Level Currents Color

Harmful Algal Bloom Model

Integrated Ecosystem

Assessment

Hurricane Intensity Model

Coastal Inundation Model

External sources of 5 Core Variables (consistent with NOAA standards)

Temperature Salinity Sea Level Currents Color

Systems Engineering:

NOAAIOOS Data Integration Framework

Systems Engineering &

Standards Development

Data A

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REGIONAL COASTAL NEEDS

Future State:

• Regional-coastal data integration for

• Regional scale data and information products and services

Integrated Variable Ingest for Select Data Products

Test & Evaluation

Benchmarked Product Improvements for Operational Use

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Coastal Observation Technology System (COTS)Coastal Observation Technology System (COTS)Pilot Projects GoMOOS Oregon Health & Sciences Inst. Univ. of South Florida

Regional Coordination GCOOS SECOORA MACOORA GLOS NANOOS CeNCOOS SCCOOS AOOS NERA PacIOOS CaRA

Observing Systems ACT Wallops/CIT CORMP Caro-COOPS COMPS OrCOOS SCCOOS CIMT CI-CORE AOOS GoMOOS SCOOP LISICOS COOA JCOOT CenGOOS

NOAA Regional Capacity Support

Regional is defined here as non-Federal assets/entities

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• Regional coastal ocean observing system (RCOOS) data are critical to IOOS

• NOAA will competitively fund projects under the FY07 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System Development solicitation– Projects will support:

• RCOOS development; • IOOS applications development; and • Data Management and Communication (local data network

nodes)– Panel review of proposals occurred 22-23 May– Target time for selection is mid June 2007; Award in FY 2007

NOAA’s FY07 Regional IOOS Activities:Development

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• Effective regional management structures are required to cohesively manage sub-regional elements

• Regional Associations (RA) are responsible for ensuring sub-regional elements are integrated into the Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System

• NOAA funded third year of competitively awarded Regional planning grants to enable RAs to:– Develop, manage, and operate Regional Coastal Ocean Observing

Systems– Identify customer needs– Provide delivery of services at the regional to sub-regional scale

NOAA’s FY07 Regional IOOS Activities:Management

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• Administration is not preparing a bill• Senate 950, House HR 2337 and 2342 introduced• NOAA’s Areas of interest include:

– Clear roles and responsibilities among the various parties • Interagency committee • Interagency planning/program office• NOAA as “lead” agency• Regional Associations and other non-federal entities

– Process for certifying Regional Associations– Liability of Regional Associations and other non-federal entities– Federal Advisory Committee Act, financial, ethical, and conflict of

interest issues that may be associated with the relationships created under legislation

IOOS Legislation

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Interagency Actions

• Goal 1: The national IOOS is a unified system that provides seamless delivery of ocean and coastal information and predictions; and includes federal, non-federal, national and regional components for implementation.

• Goal 2: The IOOS links to other environmental observing systems into the broader Earth Observing System (EOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).

• Goal 3: The U.S. has an IOOS that provides valuable data to improve predictive and decision-making capabilities for the seven societal benefits with an initial focus on coastal inundation, navigation, public health, and ecosystem assessment.

• Goal 4: IOOS provides a process for the development and delivery of applications and decision support tools for advancing critical national priority issues.

• Goal 5: The IOOS will develop continuously through research and the incorporation of advances in technology and understanding into an operational capability.

• Goal 6: The IOOS makes a significant contribution to meet the ocean science education objectives of informal, formal, and work force and postsecondary communities.

• Goal 7: The nation’s IOOS community collaboratively advances IOOS and ensures coordinated national benefits of the investments made by all members of the public, private, and academic sectors.

IWGOO IOOS Strategic Plan (DRAFT)

• IWGOO has drafted an IOOS Strategic Plan which is currently under review by JSOST and SIMOR

• Comments will be incorporated into the Strategic Plan in June 2007

• Document will be submitted to ICOSRMI for expected approval

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