**NWS Science and Technology Infusion Plan (STIP)**

**Observations Integrated Planning Team (ObsIPT)**

**Updated: July 8, 2002**

**Team Vision:** Enable NOAA to met or exceed its Government Performance
and Results Act (GPRA), mandates, and high priority Strategic Plan goals
through 2012.

**Mission:** The Observations Integrated Planning Team (ObsIPT) develop
a cross-NOAA Line Office (LO) Science and Technology Infusion Plan
(STIP) to meet specific NOAA service and product requirements by
September 7, 2002.

**Scope of Authority and Limitations:**

[Key Deliverables]{.underline}

1\. Inventory NOAA environmental observing capabilities supporting NOAA
services, to include:

\- current and future programmed initiatives (ie, those Athreshold@
programs that have base funding) through 2012;

\- determine what the stage of program development: R&D, Development,
OT&E, Deployment

\- characterize individual observing system performance metrics
(resolution (x, y, z, t), precision, accuracy, domain)

\- estimate rough order of magnitude (ROM) daily data volume for each
data class

\- estimate required user assess to data (ex. NCEP, TOC, WFOs, RFCs)

2\. Inventory leveraged\* non-NOAA (ex. NLDN, FAA TDWR) observing
systems programmed for access by the NWS for which integration costs are
programmed within the NWS base.

3\. Summarize key observing system capabilities in the form of
Arole-ups@ for the following sub categories: marine, soil properties,
boundary layer, middle, and upper troposphere, stratosphere, and above
stratosphere. Spatially sort role-up observing system capabilities into
the following domains: CONUS terrestrial, CONUS marine (within 200NM),
non-CONUS terrestrial, non-CONUS marine, exceptions areas (ex. TAO array
domain)

4\. Match current and planned capabilities to service geo-physical
parameter needs (TBD) to observing system roll-up performance
characteristics

\-- Identify observing system gaps relative to current and anticipated
service needs (ex. congressional and legal mandates, WMO agreements, and
GPRA goals)

5\. Identify potential Aobjective@ (targets of opportunity) observing
systems (NOAA and non-NOAA) that could enhance the national integrated
observing system that currently are not in base budget that will likely
address observing system gaps through 2007 and beyond and support GPRA
goal attainment through 2012; include ROM cost or implementation and
observing system impact if available.

6\. Where observing system capabilities are not well known relative to
current and future service needs, propose areas for basic and applied
observing system research needed to explore opportunities for expansion
of the national integrated observing system.

7\. Provide an executive summary for the Science and Technology Infusion
Plan (STIP) which focuses on the integrated observing system vision,
needs, and roadmap. Summary will include expected impact from deployment
of observing systems upon the integrated observing system and to service
performance measures.

Team Termination Date: October 2002

Success Criteria:

STIP Observing System Section approved by NWS Corporate Board on October

7, 2002

Observations Integrated Planning Team (ObsIPT) Membership:

  ------------------- ------------- ------------------------------- ---------------------
  **Primary Members** Phone         Email                           Focus Area

  NWS/OST - Dave      \(301\)       <david.helms@noaa.gov>          Overall Coordination,
  Helms (Lead)        713-3557 x193                                 **STIP Summary**

  NWS /OCWWS - Tim    \(301\)       <Tim.Ross@noaa.gov>             In-situ Observing
  Ross                713‑1792 x114                                 Systems, including
                                                                    ASOS, Radiosonde,
                                                                    DOT, EPA, USDA, DoD,
                                                                    State/Regional

  NESDIS/OSD - Pam    \(301\)       <Pamela.Taylor@noaa.gov>        Atmospheric Remote
  Taylor              457‑5210 x118                                 Sensing Systems,
                                                                    **STIP Summary**

  NESDIS -- Eric      \(301\)       <Eric.Bayler@noaa.gov>          Marine and Land
  Bayler              763-8102 x102                                 Surface Remote
                                                                    Sensing Systems

  NESDIS - Mitch      \(301\)       <Mitch.Goldberg@noaa.gov>       Upper
  Goldberg            763-8136 x125                                 Atmosphere/Space
                                                                    Remote Sensing
                                                                    Systems

  OAR/ETL - Bill Neff \(303\)       <William.Neff@noaa.gov>         Adaptive Obs Systems,
                      497-6265                                      **STIP Summary**

  OAR/FSL - Tom       \(303\)       <Tom.Schlatter@noaa.gov>        Active Remote
  Schlatter           497-6938                                      Sensed - GPS,
                                                                    Profilers, **STIP
                                                                    Summary**

  NOS - Mike Szabados \(301\)       Mike.Szabados@noaa.gov          Marine -- In-situ
                      713-2981 x126                                 (NWLON, PORTS, TAO)

  NWS/OHD -- John     \(301\)       John.Bradley@noaa.gov           Hydro -- USGS, ACE,
  Bradley             713-0006 x107                                 BLM

  NWS/OST - Bob       \(301\)       <Robert.Saffle@noaa.gov>        Active Observing
  Saffle              713-1975 x107                                 Systems -- Radar

  **Adjunct Members**                                               

  NWS/NCEP/EMC -      \(301\)       <Naomi.Surgi@noaa.gov>          Tropical -- Adaptive
  Naomi Surgi         763-8000                                      
                      x7285                                         

  NWS/NDBC - Dave     \(228\)       <Dave.Gilhousen@noaa.gov>       Marine -- Fixed, CMAN
  Gilhousen           688-2840                                      Drifters Obs

  NWS/OST - Will      \(301\)       <William.Fellows@noaa.gov>      Electro-static --
  Fellows             713-3391 x143                                 Lightning

  OAR/ARL -- TBD                                                    Air Chemistry, PM

  NWS(QSS) - Jim      \(540\)       <giraytys@shentel.net>          Technical Support,
  Giraytys            722-4633                                      **STIP Summary**

  NASA/NSSTC - Steve  \(256\)       <Steve.Goodman@msfc.nasa.gov>   Satellite and
  Goodman             961-7891                                      Lightning

  NWS/NCEP/CPC -- TBD                                               

  NWS/OCWWS -- Jim    (301          James.Heil@noaa.gov             Satellite
  Heil                )713-0463                                     Requirements
                      x172                                          

  NWS/OCWWS -- John   \(301\)       John.Simensky@noaa.gov          Radar Requirements
  Simensky            713-0463 x150                                 
  ------------------- ------------- ------------------------------- ---------------------

**Primary Member:** Responsible to actively participate in meeting,
deliver their specific observing system inventory information, meet
deadlines, and assist with development, editing, and delivery of the
STIP Observing System section.

**Adjunct Member:** Review and critique STIP ObsIPT deliverables.

**Timeline:**

-   ***STIP ObsIPT Kickoff 7/11***

-   ***Inventory threshold observations 7/23***

-   ***Outline obs executive summary 7/30***

-   ***Observation Roll-up Obs Capabilities 8/6***

-   ***Summary of "objective" observations 8/13***

-   ***Match capabilities to service needs 8/20 (travel for Boulder
    people)***

-   ***Finalize STIP Obs Plan 8/27***

-   Draft STIP to Jack Hayes 9/5

-   Joint NWS/OAR Review Week of 9/23

-   NWS Corporate Board Week of 10/7

**References:**

-   NWS Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Performance
    Measures

[http://www.nws.noaa.gov/corporate‑board‑information/25Feb02/nwsgpra.pdf](http://www.nws.noaa.gov/corporate%1Eboard%1Einformation/25Feb02/nwsgpra.pdf)

-   NWS CB Approved Performance Measures:
    http://205.156.54.206/ost/spbindex.htm

-   Observing System Mandates

> \- need to be gathered

-   NWS Strategic Plan: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/sp/strplan.htm

-   NWS Strategic Plan Implementation Guide (SPIG)

-   NWS Research and Development Needs Document

-   Observing System Product Improvement Plans (PIP)

> \- NWS: Radar, Radiosonde, ASOS, COOP, CMAN, BUOY, SHIP,VOS
> http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cfo/budget_formulation_program_analysis/program_planning.htm
>
> \- NESDIS: GOES, POES, NPOESS, GOES R+
>
> \- NOS: NWLON, PORTS

\- OMAO: Adaptive Obs

\- OAR: GPS, GAINS, Dual Polarization Radar, Phased Array, Adaptive Obs

\- Other:

> NASA: EOS, etc., include International Government Data with Data
> Exchange Agreements

USGS: RAWS/DCP

DOT: TDWR, RWIS/ITS, MDCRS

EPA: AIRMON, AIRNOW, CASTNET, NADP, IMPROVE, SURFRAD

NSF: NERR, LTER

USDA: ARS

DoD: DTRA, Army Test Facilities

Private Sector: Global Atmospheric Inc (NLDN)

Regional and Local Government data

-   NOAA Consolidated Observing Requirements List (CORL)

-   Global Ocean Observation System (GOOS)

-   Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)

-   Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)

-   Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)

-   Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)