# Presentation: 727279

## Office of Federal Coordinator for MeteorologyJoint Action Group for Tropical Cyclone ResearchInteragency Strategic Research Plan for Tropical Cyclones:The Way Ahead

## Outline of Presentation

**Strategic Plan Framework / Systems Engineering Approach**
**	****	****	****Ms. Robbie Hood, NASA MSFC**
**The Operational Hurricane Modeling Perspective on the Role of Research** **	****	****	****Dr. Naomi Surgi, NCEP/EMC**
**Recommended Research Priorities**
**	****	****	****Dr. Frank Marks, AOML/HRD**

## History of JAG / TCR

**Interagency Tropical Cyclone Research Plan recommended at 58****th**** IHC in 2004**
**OFCM formed the Joint Action Group for Tropical Cyclone Research (JAG / TCR) in early 2005**
**First JAG / TCR meeting in February 2005**
**Representatives from NSF, NOAA, NASA, Navy, Air Force **
**Frank Marks and Robbie Hood, Co-chairs**
**Meeting overview presented at 59****th**** IHC in 2005**
**First draft of strategic plan compiled by JAG / TCR co-chairs and OFCM personnel**
**Draft forwarded to full JAG / TCR for comment a few weeks ago**
**Full JAG / TCR will seek to finalize strategic plan in coming months**

## Build upon previously vetted strategies 

**Intended Strategies**

**Realized Strategies**

**Unrealized Strategies**

**Emerging Strategies**

**Yesterday                     Today                          Tomorrow**

## Diverse Missions of Tropical Cyclone Community of Practice

**Research**

**Applied **
**Research**

**Operations**

**Decision **
**Makers**

**5 – 10 yrs**

**3 - 5 yrs**

**0 - 2 yrs**

**0 - 2 yrs**

**NSF**

**DOD**

**DOD**

**DOD**

**USGS / DOI**

**FEMA**

**NASA R &A**

**NASA App.**

**NOAA Res.**

**NWS**

**Diverse Missions of Tropical Cyclone Community of Practice**

## Research to Operation Transition(Closed System)

**Science **
**and**
**Technology**
**Questions**

**Observations**

**Modeling**

**Observations**

**Modeling**

**New **
**Knowledge**
**and**
**Technology**

**Operational**
**Need**

**Forecast**
**Operations**

**Decisions**

## Research to Operation Transition(Community System)

**Science **
**and**
**Technology**
**Questions**

**Observations**

**Modeling**

**Observations**

**Modeling**

**New **
**Knowledge**
**and**
**Technology**

**Operational**
**Need**

**Forecast**
**Operations**

**Decisions**

## Basic to Applied

**Basic to Applied**

**Applied to Operations**

## Framework of Strategic Plan

**Build upon previously vetted strategies **
**Acknowledge diverse mission of partners contributing to Tropical Cyclone Community of Practice (TC CoP)**
**Adopt a systems approach**
**Create awareness of stakeholder needs across entire CoP**
**Facilitate communication by developing common vocabulary **
**Design avenues to match research capabilities to stakeholder needs**
**Articulate operational performance metrics and research to operation evaluation process**
**Maintain traceability of successful interagency research to operations transitions**

## Inputs for Reports

**Joint Agency Group for Tropical Cyclone Research (JAG/TCR) will seek to finalize  Interagency Strategic Research Plan during next few months **
**Comments and input are welcome**
**Send  comments and input to: **
**	****Frank.Marks@noaa.gov****  ****Mark.Welshinger@noaa.gov**
**	****Robbie.Hood@nasa.gov****   ****Robert.Dumont@noaa.gov **

## Issues to Consider

**Communicating operational requirements to basic research community**
**Communicating performance metrics as well as verification and validation procedures**
**Building stronger bridges between basic and applied research communities**
**Providing traceability of basic research results through the research to operations pipeline**
**Opening discussions to long-term planning  **