Part I
Navigation, Observations, and Positioning Offices and
U.S. IOOS Regions
February 18, 2014
Coastal Intelligence Development
• One of three National Ocean Service cross-cutting
priorities
• Supports corporate messaging – “Coastal Intelligence”
mirrors NOAA Administrator’s use of “Environmental
Intelligence”
• Aligns NOS Offices, new budget structure, and priorities
• Requires more coordination and integration within and
across NOS and NOAA
• Will inform an NOS Roadmap (under development),
which will organize implementation activities
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National Ocean Service
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Navigation, Observations and Positioning
II. Coastal Science and Assessment
III. Ocean and Coastal Management and
Services
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Cross-cutting Priorities
Improve end-to-end coastal preparedness,
response, recovery and resiliency
Coastal Intelligence Network
Enhance coastal and marine resource
conservation through place-based
management
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National Ocean Service
Dr. Holly Bamford, Assistant Administrator
Dr. Russell Callender, Deputy Assistant Administrator
Staff Offices
Management and Budget
Christopher Cartwright
International Programs
Clement D. Lewsey
Navigation, Observations
and Positioning
Coastal Science and
Assessment
Ocean and Coastal
Management Services
Office of Coast Survey
Rear Adm. Gerd Glang
National Centers for Coastal
Ocean Science
Steve Thur*
Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management
Margaret Davidson*
Office of National
Geodetic Survey
Juliana Blackwell
Office of Response and
Restoration
David Westerholm
NOAA Coastal Services Center
Dr. Jeff Payne*
Center for Operational
Oceanographic Products and
Services
Richard Edwing
U.S. Integrated Ocean
Observing System®
Zdenka Willis
Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries
Dan Basta
*Acting
IOOS Placement within new NOS Budget Structure
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE
Operations, Research and Facilities
($ in Thousands)
Navigation, Observations & Positioning
Navigation, Observations & Positioning
Hydrographic Survey Priorities/Contracts
IOOS Regional Observations
FY 2014
President's
Budget
FY14
Enacted
145,852
26,946
34,520
136,000
25,000
28,500
• 4 Offices combined
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National Geodetic Survey
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
Office of Coast Survey
IOOS
• Important to build on strong relationships
• Opportunity to extend & strengthen Regional IOOS
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I. Navigation, Observations and Positioning
NOS Program Offices
• Office of Coast Survey
• National Geodetic Survey
• Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
• U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS® ) Program
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Management of Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping
National authority on global positioning
Delivering Tides & Currents, Water Levels, and PORTS®
Integration of ocean observations to improve decision-support tools
Navigation, Observations and Positioning
Office of Coast Survey
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Navigation services
Hydrographic surveys
Nautical charting
Technology research and development
Emergency response
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Navigation, Observations and Positioning
National Geodetic Survey
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Positioning
Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS)
Height Modernization
Online Positioning User Services (OPUS)
Standards for geodetic surveying, GPS
Coastal mapping and remote sensing
Airport surveys
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Navigation, Observations and Positioning
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
• Tides, water level, and currents data
• Real-time observations and forecast models
• Long-term sea level change monitoring
• National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON)
• Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®)
• Storm QuickLook
• Gulf of Mexico HAB bulletins
Inundation analyses
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Navigation, Observations and Positioning
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Program
• Federal, regional, private, and academic partners
• Integration of ocean observations to improve decisionsupport tools
• Adapting standards to make data easier to use
• High frequency radar
• Gliders
• Biological observations
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Part II
Navigation, Observations, and Positioning Offices and
U.S. IOOS Regions
February 18, 2014
Coastal Intelligence Defined
Consists of observations, measurements, models, monitoring,
assessment, analysis, and the forecasts, tools, products and services
derived from these sources.
How NOS delivers timely, actionable information, developed from
reliable and authoritative science, to provide insight into present and
future conditions in the coastal zone.
A network of end-to-end capabilities that references, describes and
informs decisions which affect public safety, coastal community
resilience, our economy and sustainable use of the environment.
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Coastal Intelligence
Describe
Geodetic Datums
Land Elevation (CORS, HT MOD) (Z)
Reference
Inform
Meteorological (wind, pressure, temperature, etc.)
Coastal
Stations
Shoreline
VDATUM
Physical (water levels, currents, waves, temperature, salinity, etc.)
Chemical (nitrogen, phosphorus, etc.)
Biological (chlorophyll, pathogens, etc.)
Water Quality (pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, etc.)
Hydrography
Gliders
Ocean Elevation (NWLON) (Z)
Tidal Datums
Satellites
Position (X, Y) (CORS)
Historical Data|Trends
Time
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Shoreline Changes
Digital Coast
Sea Level Trends
Real-Time
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Ocean Obs
Post-Event Imagery
ERMA
Forecasts
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Hydrodynamic Models
Ecological Forecasts
Inundation Models
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COASTAL INTELLIGENCE
Coastal Intelligence – Types of Users
Maritime Operations
Shellfish Growers
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2008 Whiskey Creek Hatchery lost 100% of oyster larvae
Ocean Acidification was the cause
Real-time Observing System established
By 2010, productivity was back to 70%
Fisherman
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Search & Rescue
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"I trust the weather buoys with my life. Thank you." - Maine Fisherman;
"Love your service…I believe your service is a lifesaver. Thanks!" -Dave, Pilot;
"I would like you to know that information you are providing us not only aids
us in our work, it almost certainly has saved lives."-Roy Atkinson, Fisherman.
 Search area decreased
66% in 96 hours
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FY14-15 Joint Activities and Milestones
Activity
Integration of Geospatial
Data for a Multitude of
Uses
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Recapitalization of
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Existing Observing System
Infrastructure for
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Readiness and Resilience
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Maximizing Utility of
NOAA’s Coastal
Intelligence Data for
Decision Support
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Milestone
Transitioning integration of acoustic Doppler currents observations with High Frequency Radar
products into operations (CO-OPS, IOOS)
Improving data and web map service delivery so that NOS data/map services can more readily be
ingested into tools for multi-sector decision-making (All)
Using the IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT) to accelerate the transition of advances
from the coastal ocean modeling research community into improved operational products and services
(IOOS, OCS)
Establishing "Coastal Inundation Benchmarks" in partnership with other NOAA, Sea Grant, USGS, FEMA
to provide local education and training (CO-OPS, NGS, IOOS, CSC)
Publishing the National Glider Network Plan to augment in situ subsurface observations with this costeffective near-real time solution for ecosystem and water quality forecasting, hurricane prediction,
climate change assessments and other applications (IOOS, OCS, CO-OPS, NCCOS)
Integration of IOOS observing system assets into PORTS and other maritime commerce decision
support tools (CO-OPS, IOOS)
Participate in development of a national modeling strategy in support of National Ocean Policy
Implementation Plan action (All)
Developing and delivering two new or improved models to strengthen the Operational Nowcast and
Forecast Hydrodynamic Model System for maritime commerce and coastal zone management
applications (OCS, CO-OPS, IOOS)
Improving NWS’ capacity to deliver easily understandable storm surge warnings to localities and the
general public by working together on graphics, terminology and media partnerships that more
effectively conveys meaningful above ground flooding information (CO-OPS, OCS, IOOS)
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FY16 Joint Activities
Activity
Data Integration to
Close Geospatial Data
Gaps and Use Data
Collected by Others
Action
Integrate critical ocean observing parameters from
non-NOS sources that meet quality assurance/quality
control standards.
Impact
Fill data sparse locations with data collected by non-NOAA
entities. Utilize non-NOAA data to improve NOS products
and services. Improve NOS products and services at
lower incremental cost by leveraging assets of others.
Advance the seamless integration of geospatial data for a
multitude of other coastal uses, including more efficient
hydrographic surveying and shoreline mapping, and
habitat restoration planning.
Enhancing and
Recapitalizing NOAA
Coastal Observing
Systems for Readiness
and Resilience
Expand capabilities of existing coastal observing and
reference systems infrastructure. Assess feasibility of
next-generation observing technologies to serve as
force multipliers. Recapitalize key assets of NOAA
Navigation Response Teams and High Frequency Radar
network.
Targeted investments ensure specific assets continue to
cost effectively support key NOAA safety and commerce
missions, and provide data and observations for coastal
uses of all kinds. (HFR)
Maximizing Utility of
NOAA’s Coastal
Intelligence Data for
Maritime Commerce
Risk Reduction and
Long Term Decision
Support
Improve inundation, Vertical Datum transformation
and ecological forecast models. Develop an underkeel
clearance modeling tool. Enhance hazardous material
response tools such as the Environmental Response
Management Application and Environmental
Sensitivity Index maps. Provide geodetic expertise to
all states and regions. Develop an early warning
system for forecast and predict long-term risks to
human health throughout the U.S. coastal and Great
Lakes waters
Better NOAA products and services improve situational
awareness for mariners, first responders, coastal
managers and public safety officials (among others) on
navigation issues, storm surge and dangerous inundation
events, harmful algal blooms and pathogens that pose risk
to human health, and hazardous material spills.
Commercial mariners benefit from reduced underkeel
clearance margins of error to enter/exit port safely with
increased cargo loads. Regional climate services provide
trends such as sea-level rise and water quality indicators.
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Next Steps at IOOS Spring Meeting
• We are planning a session with all of the Directors and Deputies
from the four offices within the Navigation, Observations, and
Positioning budget structure
• Objectives:
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Directors from NOS offices and IOOS Regions meet and greet
Increase understanding of program intersections and opportunities to
collaborate
Start discussions of a few activities and milestones we can work on together
What can you do?
• Review the FY14-15 and FY16 activities slides in this presentation
• Consider your Regional capabilities and activities
• Identify areas of integration or joint planning you would like to see
related to these lists
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