# Presentation: 376450

## Gaining Value Through Partnerships	

- James R. Mahoney, Ph.D.Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and AtmosphereMarch 30, 2005

## Gaining Value Through Partnerships

- Supporting Our Corporate Partners
- Observations
- Communications
- Data Management
- Analysis and Forecasting
- Dissemination
- NOAA Organic Act

## Alliance for Earth ObservationsSeptember 2004

- The international effort to develop an earth observations system will fundamentally change business operations, policy decisions, and resource management in real and substantial ways.
- Former Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans
- Over 30% of the United States Gross Domestic Product depends on weather and climate products and services, so we in NOAA are big believers in the value of Earth observations.
- Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.,Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

## What Is GEOSS?Global Earth Observation System of Systems

- What Is GEOSS?Global Earth Observation System of Systems

- GEOSS is a distributed system of systems built on current international cooperation efforts among existing Earth observing and processing systems
- GEOSS is:
- Comprehensive—observations and products from all components
- Coordinated—leverages contributing members resources
- Sustained—by will and capacity of all members
- GEOSS will enable the collection and distribution of accurate, reliable Earth Observation data, information, products, and services to both suppliers and consumers worldwide—an **end-to-end** process

## NOAA’s Role in GEOSS

- NOAA:  Where Science Creates Value
- Earth observations...
- Are at the core of NOAA’s mission
- Support virtually every activity we perform
- NOAA has...
- Observing capabilities being advanced through scientific and technological research
- A broad scope of domestic and international partnerships
- Commitment to transform research into useful, operational information

## NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing System

**GEOSS**

**IOOS**

**IUOS**

**IOS**

**NERON**

**ISOS**

**HCN**

**COOP-M**

**Legacy****COOP**

**CRN**

**Other ****Networks**

**ASOS**

## A Model Partnership: OLETS and the Oklahoma Mesonet

- Mesonet Weather Stations
-  and OLETS Repeaters

- Weather Products to
- Law Enforcement

- Improved forecasts with integrated observation systems

**Part of National LETS System**
**Goal: NLETS Comms Used for NERON**

## Data QualityA Major Concern For All

- Proper Station Siting
- Proper Calibration
- Meets Climate Standards

## Communications

- Successfully served more then 9 billion hits in a 90 day period last fall during hurricane season – an all time U.S. government record
- In Spring 2005, requests to NOAA’s NWS radar displays will be directed to least busy servers
- Next generation radar displays should                                                 improve reliability, timeliness, and                                   offer an increased number of products
- Comprehensive Large Array-data                               Stewardship System (CLASS) provides                             valuable satellite data and in FY06                                     is requested at $9.9 million

- Experimental Short Range Base Reflectivity  Tulsa, OK

## Supercomputing 

- NOAA’s National Weather Service Has Three Weather and Climate Supercomputers Working Together for the Protection of Life, Property and the National Economy of the U.S. and its Territories
- Primary System (Blue)
- Backup System (Red)
- Research and Development System (White)
- Computational Power Recently Increased by Factor of 3.3 Over the Previous System, from 450 Billion to 1.3 Trillion Calculations Per Second.
- “Together, Red, White, and Blue Serve as a Major Component of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).”
- Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.,Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

## Satellite Inputs into ModelsJoint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA)

- observe the Earth

- Satellite data are assimilated in models...

- ...running on state of the art computers, produce...

- better forecasts of:

- NOAA, NASA, DoD satellites...

-   Weather and warnings
-   Air quality
-   Ecosystem changes
-   Agricultural production
-   Forest health
-   Land cover/land use
-   Ocean states
-   Climate change

- Satellite Inputs into ModelsJoint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA)

## National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD)

- Three Dimensional Downloadable Digital Database
- Useful for Private Industry Groups
- Increasing Focus on Smaller Phenomenon

- From Teletype Text To Digital Data Streams

## NOAA’s “Partnership Policy”

- VADM Lautenbacher signed December 1st
- _[http://](http://weather.gov/partnershippolicy)__[weather.gov/partnershippolicy](http://weather.gov/partnershippolicy)_
- NOAA Has a Responsibility to Support the Entire Enterprise
- NOAA Supports Efforts of AMS and Others to Improve Dialogue
- NOAA is Focused on Open Communications with all in the Enterprise.
- If we should add products, tell us
- If we should discontinue products, tell us
- PLEASE, be specific about “what” and “why”

## NOAA Organic Act

- NOAA Formed by Executive Order #4 in 1970
- Since 1970 over 200 Disconnected Authorities
- Serves as a Charter Providing Coherent, Cohesive Set of Authorities
- Strong Policy Statement in Support of NOAA’s Mission
- Key Recommendation of the Ocean Commission
- First Deliverable of the President’s Ocean Action Plan

## NOAA Organic Act

- Education Aspect Explicitly Authorized
- Broad Education Effort Bridges Programs
- Benefits Range Across Different, Larger, Interrelated User Groups
- Wider, Educated User Group for Current Products/Services Leads to Demand for Next Generation Offerings

## Hon. Carlos GutierrezUS Secretary of Commerce

- “The United States is making the commitment to move earth observation to the next level to benefit this next generation. This is one of President Bush’s environmental priorities...

- Earth Observation Summit IIIWednesday, February 16, 2005Brussels, Belgium

## Questions?

- James R. Mahoney, Ph.D.Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and AtmosphereMarch 30, 2005