# Presentation: 141223

## Progress Report: Physical and Social Science Research Task TeamA Presentation to the NOAA Science Advisory Board

- Alexander E. MacDonald
- Director
- NOAA/OAR Forecast Systems Laboratory
- March 22, 2005

## Outline

- Purpose
- Issue
- Presentation of Briefing
- NOAA Coordination and Views
- Desired Outcomes

## Purpose

- To report on the progress of the Physical and Social Science Research Task Team(PSTT).

## Issue

- Is the PSTT starting in the right direction?

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

-                Actions Completed
- Membership defined
- Schedule of reporting
- Terms of Reference (distributed)
- Meetings (full day):
-  Nov 18, 2004
-  Dec 14, 2004
-  Jan 21, 2005 (Mahoney and Kelly)
-  Feb 16, 2005
-  Mar 15, 2005

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

-                        Membership
- Alexander E. MacDonald  	Chair
- Louis Uccellini			Member	NWS
- Richard Fulton			Member	PPI
- Michael Sissenwine		Member	NMFS
- Jean Snider			Member	NOS
- Al Powell			Member	NESDIS
- Peter Ortner			Member	OAR
- Avery Sen			Member	(Social Science)
- Julian Wang			Coordinator

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

- 				Schedule
- PSTT committee organized		Nov 5, 2004	Done
- Draft TOR to Research Council		Jan 23, 2005	Done
- Final TOR				Jan 28, 2005	Done
- Update SAB on PSTT			Mar 22, 2005
- Brief Mahoney on progress		April 2005
- NRC presents interim reportt to NEP/NEC May 2005
- NRC/PSTT Interim Report to SAB	July 12, 2005
- NRC/PSTT final report to NEP/NEC	August, 2005
- NEP/NEC recommends action to VADM	August, 2005
- NRC/PSTT final report to NOAA		Oct 1, 2005
- NOAA Response to NRC/PSTT Report	Oct 31, 2005
- NOAA Briefing to SAB on response  	Nov 2005
- Implement recommendations	FY 2008 PPBES Process

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

- 			   PSTT Plan
***Develop criteria*** to determine where research is located within NOAA;
***Apply the criteria to research activities***, and identify opportunities for migration

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

**Criteria for Research Location:   Principles from RRT**
-  Research enterprise is corporate – linkages across organizational lines
-  Organization must follow function
-  Dedicated resources for research that is focused on mid- to longer-term mission needs (split between intramural and extramural)
-  Near-term improvements in operational capabilities should be aligned with operational activity
-  Scientific advice formally aligned to the corporate research program to ensure policy based on science
-  Structure that fosters intra and inter agency collaboration

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

-       **Other Criteria for Research Location**
- Time scale to fruition (0-5, 5-20. 20 + years)
- Infrastructure requirements (e.g. chemistry labs, supercomputers, ships, data systems . . .)
-  Personnel professional qualifications and experience requirements (continuity, uniqueness of discipline)
-  Make vs. Buy – Can the research or development requirements be satisfied by industry?
-  Linkage to users - if the users are NOAA operations, how is this link made – e.g. proximity, workshops etc.
-  Risk:  Are "high payoff-high risk" efforts possible

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

- 			Analysis Background
- Four ways to look at research structure:
- Line office locations _[►](306,14,Physical and Social Science Research Task Team)_
- Institutions (orgs doing research at a location)_[ ](307,15,Physical and Social Science Research Task Team)__[►](307,15,Physical and Social Science Research Task Team)_
- Programs – mainly congressionally defined _[►](309,16,Physical and Social Science Research Task Team)_
- Matrix programs _[►](308,17,Physical and Social Science Research Task Team)_
- Look at all types activity:
- Short (near-term) research
- Mid to long-term research
- System and product development
- Look at:
- Organizational location
- Geographic location
- NOT at mission and activity

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## NOAA Process 

- PSTT presents report to the NOAA Research Council
- NOAA Research Council makes recommendations to the NEP/NEC
-  Proposed changes presented to the SAB for comment and suggestions
- NEP/NEC recommends action to NOAA Administrator
- NOAA develops response to PSTT, briefs to SAB
- NOAA implements response in FY08 PPBES

## Desired Outcomes

- SAB understands initial approach of PSTT.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

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**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

- Goal	LO	Program
- Climate	OAR	Climate Obs & Services
- 		CCRI
- 		CLASS
- 	NWS	COOP
- 	NESDIS	Environ. Data Sys. Modernization
- 		Clim. Data Base Modernization
- 		Archive Access & Assessment
- 		GEOS Data Archive
- 	OAR	Arctic
- 	NMFS	Climate & Ecosystem
- 	NESDIS	Regional Climate Center
- 	NWS	Climate Testbed
- W&W	NWS	USWRP
- 	NOS	Marine Modeling& Geospatial Tech
- 	NESDIS	Ocean Remote Sensing
- 		JCSDA
- 		EOS & Adv Polar Data Processing
- 	NWS	National Data Buoy Center
- 	 	THORPEX
- 	NOS	Coastal Storms
- 	OAR	Energy Security
- C&T	NOS	Nautical Charting
- 		Hydrographic Surveys
- 		Coastal Mapping
- 		PORTS
- 		National Water Level Program
- 	NESDIS	Ice Services
- 	NWS	Aviation Weather Initiative
- 	NESDIS	Search and Rescue
- 	NOS	Joint Hydro Center
- Support	OAR	EPP/MSI

- NOAA
- R&D
- Programs

- _[◄](301,9,Physical and Social Science Research Task Team)_

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

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-  NESDIS
- Office of Research and Application
- Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
- Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies (SICS)
- Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS)
- Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology (CREST) Center
- NOS
- Center for Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
- Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research
- Cooperative Institute for Coastal & Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET)
- Hollings Marine Laboratory
- Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
- Joint Hydrographic Research Center (JHRC)
- Oxford Cooperative Laboratory
- Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research
- Coast Survey Development Laboratory
- OAR
- Aeronomy Laboratory
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- Air Resources Laboratory
- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory
- Space Environment Center
- Climate Diagnostics Center
- Climate Monitoring & Diagnostics Laboratory
- Environmental Technology Laboratory
- Forecast Systems Laboratory
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
- Great Lakes Environmental Laboratory

- Cooperative Institute for Limnology and EcosystemsResearch (CILER)
- Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)
- Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR)
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
- Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
- Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications (CIASTA)
- Joint Institute for Marine Operations (JIMO)
- Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
- Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR)
- Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR)
- Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)
- Cooperative Institute of Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR)
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Research Program (AOS)
- NMFS
- Alaska Fisheries Science Center
- Northeast Fisheries Science Center
- Woods Hole Laboratory
- Milford Laboratory
- Narragansett Laboratory
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- Southeast Fisheries Science Center
- Southwest Fisheries Science Center
- Pacific Islands Science Center
- National Seafood Inspection Laboratory
- National Systematics Laboratory
- NWS
- Hydrology Laboratory
- Meteorological Development Laboratory
- Environmental Modeling Center

- NOAA
- Research
- Institutions

**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.

## Physical and Social Science Research Task Team

- NOAA
- Matrix
- Programs

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**Notes:**
NOAA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997. It is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and short-range strategies for research, education and the application of science to resource management and environmental assessment and prediction.