US IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT)

1. US IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT) Rick Luettich SURA PI June 18, 2014

2. Mission Targeted R&D to accelerate the transition of scientific and technical advances from the coastal ocean modeling research community to improved operational ocean products and services.

3. O2R andR2O Operational Need Technology exists? No Yes Evaluation Development Op. Ready? More Development? Yes No No Yes Op. Capacity ? Stop Yes No Pause Operational Use!

4. COMT Role Operational Need Other Resources COMT CI Tools Archive Publications Technology exists? No Yes Evaluation / Capacity Building Development / Capacity Building Op. Ready? More Development? Yes No Community Use No Yes Op. Capacity? Stop Yes No Pause Operational Use!

5. COMT Organizational Chart IOOS Program Office IOOS PM (Becky Baltes) Non-Federal Manager (SURA) TSG SURA PM (Liz Smith) SURA PI (Rick Luettich) Shelf Hypoxia Inundation (PR/USVI) Cyber Infrastructure Estuarine Hypoxia West Coast

6. COMT Challenges • Coordinate COMT planning and award cycles and process • Engagement with other agencies • Allow for both continuity of effort (partnerships) and new projects (new PIs) • Clear understanding of COMT role to help define metrics of success 13

7. COMT Lessons Learned • Often modelers are more different than models • Sustained effort required to bring different modeling groups together • Usually worth the effort - can lead to rapid learning and model improvement • Often largest difference in models is specialization and performance • Capacity building is often a critical part of transition – partnerships are key • Mature modeling groups already have many CI tools • A standards based, multi-model archive is difficult 13