Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) NOAA s Approach to Building an Initial Operating Capability

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1 Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) NOAA s Approach to Building an Initial Operating Capability U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Briefing John H. Dunnigan Assistant Administrator Ocean Services & Coastal Zone Management February 1,

2 Outline Background NOAA s IOOS Plan NOAA s IOOS Program Office Purpose & Function Process to establish The IOOS Challenge: Data Integration NOAA s Initial Operating Capability: Integrated Data Framework Summary Questions & Comments 2

3 NOAA s IOOS Plan Organize for Success Integrate Data 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 an Integrated Data Framework as the Initial Operating Capability Integrate priority IOOS core variables and deliver to end users and models Quantify product improvements NOAA IOOS Definition: The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is a coordinated network of people and technology that work together to generate and disseminate continuous data on our coastal waters, Great Lakes, and oceans. IOOS is our nation s ocean contribution to an international effort called the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), which is designed to continuously and comprehensively monitor Earth and transmit observations globally. IOOS supports both a coastal and global component of ocean observing. 3

4 NOAA s IOOS Program Office: Purpose & Functions NOAA IOOS Activities Interagency Connections IOOS Program Office IOOS Oversight NOAA Ocean Council NOAA Observing System Council IOOS Project Management NOAA Administrator NOS Assistant Administrator IOOS Program Office Director Program Operations OAR Assistant Administrator Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI) Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observations (IWGOO) Ocean.US Regional Coastal Component Guidance & Requirements Capacity & Capabilities Observations Data Management & Communications ing & Analysis Leveraging existing NOAA-wide capabilities 4

5 NOAA s IOOS Program Office: Process to Establish Steps and Timeline: IOOS Director (0-3mos) Establish full time IOOS Director position within NOS Organize existing staff to manage day to day IOOS operations Director will manage NOAA IOOS activities and develop full staffing and budget plans IOOS Program Office (6-9mos) NOAA/NOS is working with NOAA and DOC to seek necessary approvals to form the IOOS Program Office 5

6 The IOOS Challenge: Data Integration Societal Challenges Global climate not well understood Coastal populations at risk Ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems at risk Information Needs 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 Temperature Salinity Sea Level Surface currents Ocean color Bathymetry Surface waves Ice distribution Contaminants Integration Dissolved nutrients Long-term data Fish species series, coordinated in space and time Fish abundance Zooplankton species Optical properties Heat flux Bottom character Pathogens Dissolved O 2 Phytoplankton species Zooplankton abundance Decision Tools Hurricane Intensity Coastal Inundation Harmful Algal Bloom Integrated Ecosystem Assessment 6

7 NOAA s Initial Operating Capability: Integrated Data Framework Months 0-12 Month 18 Month 24 Integration of 5 IOOS Core Variables Integrated Variable Ingest for Select Data Products Test & Evaluation Month 36 Benchmarked Product Improvements for Operational Use NOAA 5 Core Variables Temperature Salinity Sea Level Currents Color NOAA IOOS Integrated Data Framework Data Standards Systems Engineering & Standards Development Data Access & Exchange Hurricane Intensity Coastal Inundation Harmful Algal Bloom Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Systems Engineering: Product Enhancement Test & Evaluation Verification & Validation Hurricane Intensity Coastal Inundation Harmful Algal Bloom Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Enhanced decision support through: Integrated information services for NOAA programs Identify observation gaps Validated enhanced data products NOAA s Data Integration Framework NOAA MISSION OBJECTIVES Temperature Salinity Sea Level Currents Color External sources of 5 Core Variables (consistent with NOAA standards) Future State: Regional-coastal data integration for Regional scale data and information products and services REGIONAL COASTAL NEEDS 7

8 Summary NOAA is advancing IOOS through improved organization, management and focus The process for establishing a NOAA IOOS Program Office is underway The NOAA IOOS Program Office is building an Initial Operating Capability (IOC) for IOOS The IOC will be tested, evaluated, and benchmarked for success NOAA will fully communicate this plan externally once DOC authorizations are completed NOAA continues to coordinate larger U.S. IOOS efforts with federal and regional partners 8

9 Questions & Comments 9

10 Backup 10

11 Regional Coastal Ocean IOOS Components Regional Associations: Establish, operate and improve regional coastal ocean observing systems (RCOOSs). Includes RCOOS oversight, evaluation, and system evolution. Regional Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (RCOOS): Networks of observations, data management and communications, data analysis, and modeling. 11

12 Core Variable Integration Problem: Temperature (Example) PLATFORM Data Distribution Archive NOAA Ships NOAA Ship Synoptic NCDC NOAA Ship Archive ARGO Profiling ARGO Delayed data GDAC Tropical Moored Buoys Weather Buoys Drifting Buoys NDBC NODC DART C-MAN SWIM NCDDC SWMP NERRS CDMO VOS (xbt) CREIOS OAR NMFS AOML PACIFIC I. FSC NWLON Satellites Single Sat. Pass Data Multiple Sat. Pass Data CO-OPS OSDPP COAST WATCH CLASS 12

13 Decision Tools: Integrated Core Variables for s Process Flow CORE VARIABLES NOAA MODELS Current State MODELING IMPROVEMENTS (future state) Evaluate NOAA models that impact highestpriority problems Temperature Hurricane Intensity Non real-time and interpolated temperature data used to inform model Integration of real-time, temperature = increased accuracy of hurricane intensity predictions Integrate variables needed to achieve benchmarked improvements Quantify progress toward defined modeling improvements Sea Level Coastal Inundation Sea level data (various sources and formats) integrated on site-by-site basis for use in model Expedited development of coastal inundation forecasts for Southeast and Gulf Identify additional source(s) of error within model Surface currents Ocean Color Salinity Harmful Algal Bloom Wind data and marine forecasts used as proxy to determine currents Improved bloom trajectory forecast Enable development of national HAB forecast with integrated currents Identify remaining IOOS core variables needed to reduce error Select next set of priority core variables based on impacts to NOAA products None? Temperature Salinity Ocean Color Surface currents Sea level Integrated Ecosystem Assessment NOAA compiles and integrates suite of data required for each assessment Assess current conditions Forecast ecological health based on existing management strategies Evaluate impacts of alternate management strategies 13