# Presentation: 667698

## NESDIS Activities for Homeland Security

**Jane D’Aguanno**
**Presentation for COPC**
**November 28, 2001**

## National Environmental Satellite, Data, and 

**National Environmental Satellite, Data, and **
**Information Service  **
***Support for Homeland Security***

**  ****Support to *****NOAA Homeland Security***** Team and working groups**
**  ****Continuity of Operations Working Group (COOP)**
**  ****Capabilities Working Group**
**  ****Infrastructure**
**  ****Security**
**  ****Safety**
**  ****Infrastructure/Communications**
**  ****Participation in the OFCM Task Group review of capabilities**
**  ****Participation in the Federal Geographic Data Committee Working    **
**   ****Group on Homeland Security (addressing the need for data standards)**
**Support to *****US Air Force***
**  ****Request from Air Force  (AFWA) for MODIS data over Afghanistan**
**  ****Application of ARGOS transmitters on humanitarian aid shipments**

## PDD-NSC-67

**Executive Order 12656 [Section 202] required that "The head of each Federal department and agency shall ensure the continuity of essential functions in any national security emergency by providing for: succession to office and emergency delegation of authority in accordance with applicable law; safekeeping of essential resources, facilities, and records; and establishment of emergency operating capabilities." **
**PDD-67 required Federal agencies to develop Continuity of Operations Plans for Essential Operations.  Federal Agencies developed the *****COOP as a unifying concept that did not replace existing plans but, instead, superimposed COOP functions if and when a problem threatens serious disruption to agency operations. The plans identify those requirements necessary to support the primary function, such as  emergency communications, establishing a chain of command, and delegation of authority. ***

**PDD-NSC-67**
**Enduring Constitutional Government**
**Continuity of Government Operations (U)**

##  Continuity of Operations

**  ****NOAA will base their COOP on the format used by the Department of Interior **
**  ****Interior COOP is scenario based, ranging from minor to catastrophic **
**    ****interruption of services**
**  ****Within the NOAA COOP Working Group (of the NOAA Homeland Security      **
**    ****Team) each  Line Office is to develop their own COOP (to include all regional    **
**    ****and field offices)**
**  ****Within NESDIS we**
**	****have identified the most critical functions (that which the Nation most ****	****immediately relies on)**
**	****have begun developing office and center COOPs, as well as for ****	****Headquarter operations**

## National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 

**  ****METEOSAT-5 Satellite Imagery (high resolution data, half hourly)**
**  ****Satellite Derived Daily Snow and Ice Map**
**  ****Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), Operational Linescan data**
**  ****DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) products**
**  ****NOAA POES 1-km AVHRR data**
**  ****Weekly Vegetation Health Index **
**  ****Climate Summaries (CD-ROMs)**
**  ****Climate Data (CD-ROMs)**
**  ****Afghanistan Climatology CD-ROM:  based on NCDC web site, and includes geophysical data from NGDC (elevation, landcover, ecosystem)**

**International Surface Weather Observations**
**Surface Data, Hourly & 3 Hourly**
**Surface Data, Global Summary of Day**
**Surface Data, Global Historical Climate Network**
**Monthly Climatic Data for the World**

**National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service **
** *****Products and Services for USAID and***
*** ******State Department***

## Sample Products – National Environmental Satellite, 

**Sample Products – National Environmental Satellite, **
**Data, and Information Service**

**METEOSAT-5 data: **
**Visible, infrared,water vapor **
**bands. Data resolution is 5 km**