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Creating a national plan for the regional contribution to National ICOOS

This document outlines the proposed national plan for the regional contribution to the National ICOOS. It articulates the value of regional approaches and describes the specific areas and benefits that funding will support, including discussions with federal agencies, requirements documentation, and more.

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Creating a national plan for the regional contribution to National ICOOS

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  1. Creating a national plan for the regional contribution to National ICOOS

  2. Purpose of “Regional Contribution to National ICOOS” • Articulate the value that regions bring to the nation • Describe more specifically what $$ will buy • Audience: Hill, OMB, administration, etc • Provides a method for: discussions with federal agencies about roles and responsibilities for meeting user needs; a more rigorous requirements document

  3. Proposed product: 10-12 page document • Introduction – purpose/need: regional IOOS (1 pg) • Value of regional approach (1 pg) • Proposed build out for regional obs & models (1 pg) • Climate change (1 pg) • Ecosystem health (1 pg) • Marine operations (1 pg) • Coastal hazards (1 pg) • Cross-cutting: data integration, E&O, MSP (1 pg)

  4. Timeline • Organize writing teams/groups 9/1/09 • Agree on plan components, issues to be resolved, graphics needed 9/10/09 • Circulate 1st drafts of plan components region-wide for comments 10/15/09 • Writing team holds retreat to complete first full draft 10/23/09 • 1st draft circulates region-wide for comments 10/23-30/09 • 2nd draft circulates region-wide for comments 11/16-20/09 • Document finalized, print-ready 12/1/09

  5. Writing Team and Working Groups • Core writing team: Josie Quintrell, Molly McCammn, Harvey Seim, Christine Manninen, Ann Jochens

  6. Introduction • Purpose & need • Articulate regional value – • Relationship to regional governors alliances, national & regional climate initiatives, Ocean Action Plan, Joint Ocean Commission Initiatives, Marine Spatial Planning • Relation to NOAA mission goals; other agency missions • Short summary of entire document

  7. Value of regional approach • Connection to regional stakeholders/users • Observations to fill in the holes between national, single-mission platforms • Federal missions implemented at regional level • Platforms for multi-use • Data for model validation and assimilation • Data systems that provide easy access and at regional scale • Integrated regional database for data • Leveraging capability • Local knowledge and R&D • Neutral forum for coastal ocean information

  8. Coastal Climate Change Observing System • Regional scale (resolution) and easy access to: • Upwelling Index – data • SST anomalies – data • T/S etc, tide gauge, meteorology – time-series, trends and extremes, means & anomalies • Info of regional significance, e.g., ice area, timing, etc • Long time-series at regional scale: • Historical records – data access, ocean climatology, temperature maps, events, salinity, sea/lake ice, surface currents • Sustained ocean transects (gliders) – data, plots, stratification, difference analysis • Ocean acidification – historical and RT • Sea level & lake levels – status and trends • Inundation and waves – status and trends, vulnerabilities • Wind and storms – status and events • Carbon cycle – status and trends • Measurements required for regional climate indices and model validation and assimilation • e.g., temp/salinity

  9. Ecosystem healthincluding fisheries & water quality • Forecasts, analyses and/or product integration to support warnings or economic & resource management decisions for events of social and ecosystem significance • e.g., HABs, hypoxia, pathogens, shellfish health, fish vitality, human health • Access to platforms to deploy technologies to measure variables of ecosystem health • e.g., ocean acidification, oil, contaminants • Maps and information to feed marine spatial planning and MPAs, resource sustainability, ecosystem based management, Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (IEAs) • e.g. species, habitat, transport • Sustained observations and analyses from which to evaluate climate impact on ecosystem health • Provide physical ocean conditions for fisheries management

  10. Marine Operations • Marine transportation tools - Integrated tool for ships transiting waters - Integrated tools for ships leaving & returning to ports, coasts, nearshore conditions - Information to NWS forecast offices • Search and rescue - SAROPS – USCG - Local search & rescue • Spills - Spill trajectories - NOAA HAZMAT GNOME model • Offshore energy - siting & monitoring of long-term effects - use of facilities as platforms

  11. Coastal hazards • Inundation • Shoreline change • Extreme events

  12. Cross-cutting • Data mgmt • Education & outreach • MSP

  13. Proposed build-out • Table of build-out a la global program • Map of assets (red & green) showing leveraging

  14. Global Ocean Observing System for Climate: Designed for & reporting to UNFCCC

  15. Other steps/issues • Review products according to themes: post on AOOS website; weekly show & tells – decide which ones to highlight/focus on – what is unique regional capacity? • Ensure federal agency review/participation • How can we effectively incorporate cost/benefits info to the extent we have it? • What performance metrics can be used? • How do we address leveraging issue – is build-out only for IOOS funds?

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