NESDIS Cooperative
Institutes
Al Powell
Acting Director
13 July 2005
Office of Satellite Applications and Research Structure including Institutes
Acting Director
Al Powell
Senior Scientist
P. Menzel
Al Powell - Deputy Director
NOAA/NASA
Joint Center
For Satellite
Data Assim.
NOAA/CUNY
Coop. Inst. For
Remote Sensing
Science & Tech.
Satellite Meteorology and
Climatology Division
M. Goldberg
Sensor Physics Branch
F. Weng
Environmental Monitoring
and Climate Branch
D. Tarpley
Operational Products
Development Branch
H. Drahos
Cooperative Research Programs
Acting M. Demaria
OAR/NESDIS
/CSU
Coop. Inst. For
Research in the
Atmosphere
NESDIS/UW
Coop. Inst. For
Met. Satellite
Studies
NESDIS/UMD
Coop. Inst.
For Climate
Studies
Regional &
Mesoscale
Meteorology
Branch
M. DeMaria
Advanced
Satellite
Products
Branch
J. Key
Satellite
Climate
Studies
Branch
A. Gruber
Tech Support
Team
J. Brust
NESDIS/OSU
Coop. Inst. for
Oceanographic
Satellite Studies
Satellite Oceanography
Division
E. Bayler
Ocean Dynamics and
Data Assimilation Branch
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Satellite Ocean Sensors
Branch
D. Clark
Marine Ecosystems and
Climate Branch
A. Strong
NOAA NESDIS Cooperative Institutes Program
FOCUS ON RESEARCH
• Important NOAA University/Non-Profit Research Institutions
Partnership Program
• Focal point in facilitating and enhancing scientific research
between the federal government, various universities, and
non-profit research institutions
• Research collaborations of scientific research workers
nationally and internationally
2004
NOAA/NESDIS Cooperative Institute Research Themes
CICS (Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies)
University of Maryland
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Global Energy and Water Cycle
Climate Diagnostics and Prediction
Atmospheric Chemistry
CIOSS (Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic
Satellite Studies)
Oregon State University
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(Proposed Themes)
Satellite Sensors and Techniques
Ocean-Atmosphere Fields and Fluxes
Ocean-Atmosphere Models and Data Assimilation
Ocean-Atmosphere Analyses
Outreach, Education and Training
CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
CIRA (Cooperative Institute for Research
in the Atmosphere)
Colorado State University
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Weather Nowcasting and Forecasting
Clouds and Radiation
Global Hydrological Cycle
Environmental Trends
Climate
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Global and Regional Climate Studies
Local and Mesoscale Area Weather Forecasting
and Evaluation
Cloud Physics
Applications of Satellite Observations
Air Quality and Visibility
Societal and Economic Impacts
Crosscutting Research Area 1: Numerical
Modeling
Crosscutting Research Area 2: Education,
Training, and Outreach
NOAA NESDIS Cooperative Institutes
Geographical Locations
* CIOSS
* CIMSS
CREST*
* CIRA
2004
CICS *
Cooperative Remote Sensing
Science and Technology Center (CREST)
A consortium of the City College of the City University of
New York (CCUNY)
WITH
Bronx Community College
Bowie State University
Columbia University
Hampton University
Lehman College
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Puerto Rico
CREST Mission and Purpose
• To conduct research consistent with
NOAA's missions of environmental
assessment, prediction, and
environmental stewardship
• To create a framework to recruit and train
graduate students from under represented
minorities for professional opportunities
within NOAA
• Create methodologies to improve the
capabilities of NOAA to describe and
predict changes in the Earth’s
environment
Center Research Themes
• Atmospheric Remote Sensing and
Air Quality Monitoring
• Estuarine, Coastal and Marine RS
and Water Quality Monitoring
• Remote Sensing Applications for
Environmental Assessment and
Forecasting
NOAA NESDIS Cooperative Institutes
Proposal Process for 5-Year Institutional Award
CICS
CIMSS CIOSS CIRA
Cooperative Institutes Send Proposals to ORA Program Manager
ORA Director & Deputy
ORA Program Officers
ORA Admin Officer
NOAA Grants
Management Division
ORA REVIEW
ORA Technical
Review
Cooperative Institute
Program Manager/
Program Specialist
U.S. Representatives Notify
Respective University
Notifies U.S. Representatives
DOC General Counsel
Notifies Offices of Congressional
Affairs(72-hour Blackout)
OEAM Office of Executive
Assistance Management
2004
GMD
OEAM
SCIENCE INTO
OPERATIONS
NSIS & ORA Science into Operations
• Increased efficiency
– SPSRB Processes
• Increased capability
– Support increasing user requirements
• Changing paradigm
– Requirements driven (CORL/MORL)
– Priority based
– Performance metrics
• Changing infrastructure
Cooperative Institutes (CI)
• The Cooperative Institutes are
NOAA partners who provide core
capabilities supporting NOAA
scientific needs
• CHANGING PROCESS:
• NOAA Administrative Order
– Defines CI policy, available on web
site
• CI Operations Manual
– Under development
• Re-compete schedule
– Under development
Coordinating Scientific Research
• Set priorities for each year’s proposals
• Work closely with CI’s to support NSIS
needs and requirements
• Review user requirements
• Actively plan paths to the future
• Focus on applying research to operational
needs
ORA Changing Infrastructure
• Work in ‘operational’ environment
• Provide resources on demand
• Improve Science into Operations
– Faster, cheaper, more efficiently
• Held an IT Infrastructure WG (May 2005)
– Starting to implement the
recommendations
Objectives
Performance Measure
NOAA
Strategic
Plan
Forges a Path:
Goals and Cross-Cutting
Priorities
Outlines an Initiative:
NSIS Goals and
Objectives
Identifies a Direction:
Office Goals and
Objectives
Charts a Course:
Integrated Research
Planning
Implements a Plan:
Individual Activity
Planning
NSIS
Strategic
Plan
Reviews an Agency:
Annual Program
Performance Report
Considers a Program:
Program Assessment
Rating Tool (PART)
STAR
Strategic
Plan
STAR Science
and Technology
Roadmap
STAR
Research
Project Plans
Appraises an Office:
Program Component
Evaluation
Evaluates a Plan:
Long Term Performance
Measurement
Measures an Activity:
Activity Assessment
Report
Demonstrating our Focus
The Roadmap is built around
several themes:
• Building from the past,
Mastering the present, and
Creating the Future.
• Be new, be first, and be
the best!
• Expecting Excellence
while achieving success.
Our Divisions and Programs are utilizing satellite
technology to assist NOAA in achieving the agency’s
Goals.
One NOAA
57 Sensors
Capabilities
Into Operations
2012-2016
Demonstration
with NASA AQUA
Terabytes
of Data Daily
Ozone, Temperature, Moisture, Trace Constituents,
Aerosol Research, Carbon and Hydrological
Cycle Research, Global Precipitation
Land surface monitoring, vegetation indexing, snow cover, cloud
Parameters, atmospheric profiles, moisture profiles, cloud
Track winds, Air quality, Albedo, Outreach
Sea Surface Winds, Sea Surface Temperatures, Precipitation, Rain Fall
Rates, Operational Ocean Remote Sensing, Coral Reef Early Warning System,
Coral Bleaching, Sea Surface Height, Sea Ice, New Sensor Research
Where Science Gains Value!
Integrated Global
Environmental Observations
Sound, Sate-of-the Art
Research
Single Sensor
Climate Data Record Creation, Calibration,
Validation Experiments, Sensor Research,
Archive Product Reprocessing, Outreach
Weather
And Water
One Satellite
Sea Ice Movement, Ocean Surface
Winds, Ocean Surface Height,
Ocean Vessel Monitoring
Climate
Multiple
Sensors
Wildfires, Volcano
Eruptions, Fog, Low
Clouds, Icing, Outreach
Ecosystems Commerce
Monitoring
Harmful
Algal Blooms
Two
Satellites
Multiple
Sensors
One Satellite
Risk
Reduction
Ocean
Color,
Outreach
Multiple Satellites
Different Orbits
Multiple Sensor
Two
Satellites
Single
Sensors
Products from
NPOESS, GOES-R
Products from
MetOP Instruments
Petabytes of
Archived Data
17 Sensors
2008-2012
Quicker Release
Teraflops of
Computing Power
37 Sensors
Today
Gigabits of
Network Speed
NOAA
Mission Support
Enhanced
Summary
• General Cooperative Institute Overview
• Science into Operations
– Improved processes
• Cooperative Institutes
– Changing Landscape
– NAO, Ops Manual, Competitive Process
• Coordinating Scientific Research
– Setting Priorities
– Focus on the Future
• Changing Infrastructure
– IT Working Group
– Plan for the Future
• Many Good Things Are Happening!!!
– AWG and the GOES-R Risk Reduction