# Presentation: 942372

## Institutional and International OrganizationsNOAA Office of Climate Observation

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**Institutional and International Organizations****NOAA Office of Climate Observation**

**Report to **
**PIRATA-12**
**Miami, USA  1-3 November 2006**
**Mike Johnson**
**Director, NOAA Office of Climate Observation**

- photo courtesy of MeteoFrance

##       Office of Climate Observation

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_** **_
**      ****Office of Climate Observation**
_**Mission**_
**Build and sustain a global climate observing system that will respond to the long-term observational requirements of the *****operational forecast centers, international research programs, and major scientific assessments.***
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	****	*****Focus on the *****in situ***** Ocean component.**

## Climate Requirements

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**Climate Requirements**

**Document long term trends in sea level change**
**Document ocean carbon sources and sinks**
**Document the ocean’s storage and global transport of heat and fresh water**
**Document the ocean-atmosphere exchange of heat and fresh water**

## International Partnerships

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**International Partnerships**
**are Central**

***A global system by definition crosses international boundaries. ***

**NOAA’s contributions are managed in cooperation with the Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) -- presently 66 nations.**

## The Plan is in place

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**Same Goals****and Priorities**

**U.S. IOOS ****Global**
**Component**

**Observations Programme Area**

**Implement the ocean domain of *****GCOS-92*****:**
**International GOOS**
**US IOOS Global Component**
**GEOSS Ocean Baseline**
**UNFCCC Priority**
**G8 Commitment**

**OCO**

**The Plan is in place**

## GCOS-92

**Drifting Buoys**
**Tropical Moored Buoys**
**Profiling Floats**
**Ships of Opportunity**
**Ocean Reference Stations**
**Ocean Carbon Networks**

**Arctic Observing System**
**Dedicated Ship Support**
**Data & Assimilation Subsystems**
**Management and Product Delivery**
**Satellites -- SST, Surface Topography, Wind, Color, Sea Ice**

**GCOS-92**

**Implementation Targets are designed for climate but also serve global weather prediction, global and coastal ocean prediction, marine transportation, marine hazards warning, marine environmental monitoring, and many other non-climate users.**

**Notes:**
ADD the mission and objectives for the global component

## All six global (in situ) implementation programs are now linked internationally through WMO/IOC JCOMM coordination

**All six global (*****in situ*****) implementation programs are now linked internationally through WMO/IOC JCOMM coordination**

**The organizing framework is in place**

**Notes:**
ADD the mission and objectives for the global component

## Initial Global Ocean Observing System for Climate Status against the GCOS Implementation Plan and JCOMM targets

- 57%

- Total ***in situ networks***

- October 2006

**56%**

- 100%

- 42%

- 81%

- 43%

- 66%

- 48%

- 21%

- 81%

**Initial Global Ocean Observing System for Climate**** **Status against the GCOS Implementation Plan and JCOMM targets

-  A total of 5635 platforms are
- 	maintained globally.
-  Of these, 2591 are sponsored
- 	by OCO.

## Progress and Priorities

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**Progress and Priorities**

## PIRATA continues to be a Top Priority for OCO

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**Tropical Moored Buoys**
**PIRATA extensions and Indian Ocean Array**

**PIRATA continues to be a Top Priority for OCO**

## Surface Drifting Buoys

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**Surface Drifting Buoys**
**1250 sustained array (achieved)**

- _Users Workshop (March 2006)_
-  Implement hourly reporting
-  Need barometers on all drifters
- (presently 385)

## New Addition to the western Tropical Atlantic: 30 Hurricane Drifters per yearDrifting Buoys Deployed in Hurricane Rita 20 buoys measure air pressure, SST, wind speed & direction8 buoys measure upper ocean temperature

- Pressure vs. Distance from Center of Rita

- Wind Direction Data on Plot of Drifter Location Relative to Rita Center

- Forecast Track

- NOAA Hurricane Drifters ready for air deployment by the Hurricane Hunter Squadron at Keesler AFB

- Courtesy of Scuba (2006)

_**New Addition to the western Tropical Atlantic:**__** 30 Hurricane Drifters per year**_Drifting Buoys Deployed in Hurricane Rita 20 buoys measure air pressure, SST, wind speed & direction8 buoys measure upper ocean temperature

##  Argo Profiling Float Array

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** ****2527 active floats -- will reach 3000 by early 2007**

** ****Argo Profiling Float Array**

## SOOP:  39 of 51 lines now occupied

*Note : AX08 is Under sampled in FRX Mode*

**SOOP:  39 of 51 lines now occupied**

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**By the end of 2007 most of the 170 Climate Reference Tide Gauge Stations Will Provide Marine Hazards Warning in Real Time**

**GCOS Climate Reference Network**
**of Tide Gauge Stations**

## Measuring Ocean Carbon Sources and Sinks

**38% complete**

**Measuring Ocean Carbon Sources and Sinks**

**1. Inventory 10-year survey**
**2. Ships of opportunity**
**3. Moored buoy time series**

**New carbon systems on**
**NDBC Coastal Weather Buoys**

## Deploying and maintaining 89 Ocean Reference Stations

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**Deploying and maintaining 89 Ocean Reference Stations**
**(42 now in service)**

- NOAA Contributions
- Future NOAA

## PIRATA

-  PIRATA Backbone
-  Brazil SW Extension
-  USA NE Extension
-  NDBC Hurricane systems
-  NTAS Climate Reference Station
-  Africa SE Extension

**PIRATA**

## Tropical Moored Buoy Array

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**Tropical Moored Buoy Array**

**Transition of Pacific TAO operations from PMEL to NDBC is underway.**
**Indian Ocean expansion is underway - PMEL.**
**Enhancing Ocean Reference Stations in the Tropical Oceans is underway - PMEL**
_**PIRATA:**_
**Budget:**
**2004 -- $  600 K**
**2005 -- $1035 K**
**2006 -- $1387 K**
**2007 -- $1387 K**
**Transition of operations from PMEL & AOML to NDBC ?**
**Need a “Program Plan” to ensure transition funding.**
**Next programming cycle would be 2010.**
**NDBC may begin serving real-time data “out of hide.”**

## Thank You

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**Thank You**