CIOSS Executive Board Meeting

Corvallis, Oregon

August 30-31, 2005

CIOSS Executive Board Meeting

Agenda: CIOSS Executive BoardTuesday, August 30

8:00 Coffee and Registration

8:30 Welcome (Abbott/Vandehey)

8:45 CIOSS Overview (Strub)

9:15 NESDIS Overview (Powell/Bayler)

9:45 NOAA CI Policy (Moll)

9:55 COAST (Davis)

10:15 Ocean Vector Winds (Freilich)

10:35 Break

11:00 SST in NWF (Chelton)

11:20 Optics, Cal/Val, Color CDR (Letelier)

11:40 HAB Research (Strutton)

12:00 IOOS Obs and CIOSS (Kosro)

12:20 Coastal Modeling in CIOSS (Egbert)

12:40 Lunch/Posters

2:00 Outreach: HMSC Interactive Displays

2:20 Outreach: The SMILE HS Program

2:50 NOS Perspective (Spinrad)

3:20 Break

3:40 The NOAA Climate Office (Koblinsky)

4:00 Research-to-Operations (Wilson)

4:20 Wrap UP (Strub)

4:40 Discussion

6:00 Adjourn

Wednesday, August 31

8:30 Open Discussion

9:30 Closed Discussion

11:00 Open Final Discussion

Chronology of CIOSS Development

May 2002: Federal Register Notice

July 2002: Proposals submitted

Jan 2003: COAS notified of success

Apr 2003: Year 1 Admin Begins - Core administrative funds, including Core Outreach funding

SMILE – Develop HS curriculum activities/materials

Oct 2003: Year 1 Research Funds arrive

6 Post-Docs in Years 1-2: Two of these begin (already recruited)

GIS work (funds from CSC)

Apr 2004: Year 2 Begins

Post-Docs (2) continue; 1 new Post-Doc begins

SMILE HS Curriculum implemented – First year

HAB proposal (Strutton and Wood) successful

COAST effort develops – Workshops 1 & 2

Ocean Vector Wind effort develops – Workshop 1

Apr 2005: Year 3 Begins

Post-Docs (2) end; 1 continues; 3 start

Omnibus Prop

7 new Core Projects proposed (not just post-docs), including SMILE

Plus 1 R2O & 4 GLOBEC proposals

Supplemental Proposal #1: 4 Other R2O projects

Supplemental Proposal #2: Funds Curt Davis’ participation in HES planning

COAST activity continues as CIOSS WG – Curt Davis moves to COAS/CIOSS

Workshop 3

Color CDR Workshop

Multi-Institutional Proposal: GOES-R Risk Reduction Activities (GOES-R3)

Ocean Vector Winds activity continues as CIOSS WG – CIOSS Core and R2O Funding

HAB work underway

Executive Board Meets (August 30-31)

Year 3 Funds Arrive ?

Additional Outreach – Pilot displays at HMSC

Four Working Groups Meet (Sept 7-9)

Chronology of CIOSS Development

Future of CIOSS Development

Apr 2006: Year 4 Begins

Continue:

Core Research Projects – Evaluate and adjust

HAB Research

Working Groups

COAST – GOES-R3 projects, Workshop

Vector Winds – Cal/Val activities, Workshop

Dynamics/Modeling/ALT – Workshop 1

Product Development: CoastWatch, CIOSS & IOOS Regional Ass.

R2O ?

VIIRS ?

Major Review: Fall-Winter 2006-07.

Propose Year 5 activities, depending on results from the review.

Future of CIOSS Development

Apr 2007: Year 5 Begins

Executive Board Meets: Evaluate future plans, based on reviews

Continue (if funded):

Core Projects – Evaluate and finish old projects, solicit proposals for new

HAB Research

Working Groups: COAST, Vector Winds, Dynamics, Products; New?

R2O ?, VIIRS ?

and

Develop New Directions (if funded):

or, if not funded

Transition:

How to continue the important activities, wrap up others, start new?

NESDIS CoRP (Cooperative Research Programs)

STAR: Center for Satellite Applications and Research (nee ORA)

CIORS

CISO

CIOSS: Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies

CIMSS: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

CIRA: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

CICS: Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies

CREST: Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center

What these CI’s do:

1) Design and evaluate future and present satellites sensors Risk Reduction, Cal/Val

2) Research in atmospheric remote sensing Products of NESDIS, NWS

3) Research in modeling and data assimilation NCEP models

4) Basic research in meteorology, atmospheric sciences

5) Outreach

To perform analogous functions to (2) and (3), CIOSS needs the IOOS (Integrated Ocean Observing System) to move forward, including modeling. CIOSS is helping to make that happen.

CIOSS Research Themes

Theme 1: Satellite Sensors and Techniques: Development of satellite oceanography techniques and applications; evaluation of existing and proposed satellite sensors, algorithms, techniques and applications.

Theme 2: Ocean-Atmosphere Fields and Fluxes: Development, evaluation and analysis of improved fields of physical and biological parameters in the upper ocean, and of surface parameters and fluxes at the air-sea interface, using combinations of remote sensing, in situ data and modeling.

Theme 3: Ocean-Atmosphere Models and Data Assimilation: Use of satellite-derived fields to force and evaluate numerical models of the oceanic and atmospheric circulation, including the assimilation of those fields using methods of inverse modeling. For some applications, the ocean models will include components of marine ecosystems.

Theme 4: Ocean-Atmosphere Analyses: Dynamical and statistical analyses of data sets derived from satellites, models and in situ instruments, in order to increase our understanding of the physical, chemical, biological, geological and societal processes that affect and are affected by the ocean-atmosphere system.

Theme 5: Outreach: We include three broad Outreach areas, each to be related to CIOSS research and its results.

Formal Education: K-12, Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Scientists, Managers, the Public. In courses, workshops, short courses, after school activitiesInformal Education (“free-choice education”): Outside formal educations systems – science museums,

web sites, forums, etc.Data Access: Methods of enhancing the use of satellite and model data sets.

CIOSS Research Themes

Theme 1: Satellite Sensors and Techniques:GOES-R3, Ocean Vector Winds, VIIRS Cal/Val, NPP?, ALT?, SST?

Theme 2: Ocean-Atmosphere Fields and Fluxes:Improved global SST fields (Reynolds); improved coastal winds, surface radiation, mesoscale circulation fields (ALT, SCAT, Radar)

Theme 3: Ocean-Atmosphere Models and Data Assimilation:Coastal models with DA of ALT, Radar, moorings, …; Coupled ocean-atmosphere models; Pilot “Ocean Prediction” systems; Global model DA (IOM/ITR) implementation

Theme 4: Ocean-Atmosphere Analyses:Air-sea interaction; Coastal frontal positions; Satellite climatology; Basin-scale modes; Surface slope vs poleward undercurrent; etc.

Theme 5: Outreach:Formal Education: SMILE programInformal Education (“free-choice education”): HMSC Interactive DisplaysData Access: Oregon Coastal Atlas (Ocean Coastal Management Program)

CIOSS Research Projects and Interactions

Year 1-3 PostdocsNRL model analysis (NRL)Optical data sets off Oregon (NESDIS Cal/Val)Surface radiation flux fields Improved fine-resolution winds (NESDIS)ALT-SCAT-Radar mesoscale fields (NESDIS)Coastal Data Assimilation (NOPP, GLOBEC [NSF, NOS, NMFS, Rutgers, LDEO,…], NSF CoOP)HAB analysis (NESDIS, State of Oregon, OAR, NRL)

Other Year 1-3 Projects SMILE & MRM Masters thesis (NOS/HazMat, Coast Guard)HMSC Displays (Oregon Sea Grant, NESDIS/CoastWatch, NOAA Environmental Literacy

Initiative)COAST/GOES-R (NESDIS, NOS, CSC, NRL, NASA, many partners – academic, Federal and

private)Research-to-Operations (NESDIS, private firms, NWS operational forecast offices)WindSat validation (NESDIS)SST influence on boundary layer dynamics (NCEP, ECMWF)Frontal analysis (NESDIS)Coupled (Ocean-Atmosphere) models in the coastal region (ONR)Pilot ocean predictionsHyperspectral analysis (NESDIS, NRL)“Dynamics” Working Group (NRL, NOS, JCSDA, NOPP)

Interactions now include: All 5 NOAA LO’S, NRL, NASA, NSF, ONR, State of Oregon, ECMWF, NOPP, JCSDA, IOOS Regional Associations, NSF ORION, and various academic institutions.

CIOSS Research Projects and InteractionsInteractions now include: All 5 NOAA LO’S, NRL, NASA, NSF, ONR, State of

Oregon, ECMWF, NOPP, JCSDA, IOOS Regional Associations, NSF ORION, and various academic institutions.

The question is no-longer how to establish interactions with NOAA and other Federal partners; it is how to nurture the established or beginning interactions?

• Annual proposal for Core Research• Proposals to various NOAA calls• Proposals to the JCSDA• Interactions within CIOSS WG’s (COAST, Oc Vector Winds, Dynamics,

Products)• Workshops for specific activities• Interactions within the developing IOOS and ORION programs• Individual visits to either assess potential collaborations or to

accomplish the research in those collaborations (“science exchanges”)

Visits in summer 2005 by Laury Miller (1+ week) and Dick Reynolds (~ 1 month) serve as models of successful science exchanges, both “exploratory” (Miller) and “working” (Reynolds) visits. To pay for Federal travel to CIOSS, we suggest that funds be held at NESDIS/STAR, under CIOSS’ control ($20-$40K)?