Naval Oceanographic OfficeNaval Oceanographic Office

Homeland Security

CAPT Pete Furze

28-29 Nov 01

Homeland Security

CAPT Pete Furze

28-29 Nov 01

Committee for Operational Processing Centers

Committee for Operational Processing Centers

Greetings from COPC

to COPC

• NAVOCEANO hosted meeting on 15-16 October

• Participants:- Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO)- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

National Ocean Service (NOS)- NOAA National Environmental Satellite and Data and

Information Service (NESDIS)- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Vicksburg

• Focus: - Communication- Collaboration- Efficiency

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPHICCOORDINATION MEETING

• Discussed collaborative approaches to ocean-related Homeland Security issues.

• Protection of:

- Waterways

- Ports

- Maritime transportation

• Three principal areas of discussion :

- Collaborative Survey Operations

- Ocean Modeling & Instrumentation

- Data Networking, Processing & Storage

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPHICCOORDINATION MEETING

Working Groups formed in each of the following areas:

1. Collaborative Survey Operations:

-- Mine Countermeasures

-- Maritime Domain Awareness

2. Modeling and Instrumentation

3. Data Networking, Processing and Storage

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPICCOORDINATION MEETING

Collaborative Survey Operations Working Group

Tasks:

• Define the actual MCM port collection requirements.

• Navy and NOAA to resolve consolidated port list and

priorities with Coast Guard input. Coast Guard will

coordinate with civil and commercial port authorities.

• Define MCM maintenance requirements and develop a

resource plan.

• Develop operational plan for baseline route surveys.

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPHICCOORDINATION MEETING

Collaborative Survey Operations Working Group

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPHICCOORDINATION MEETING

• Held meeting 14 Nov. in Wash, D.C. USACE, NOAA, NAVOCEANO, CINCLANTFLT, COMMINEWARCOM, Canadian Navy, and EOD Mobile Unit 7 attended to exchange initial survey technical issues and discuss near-term collaborative survey plans.

• Conducting collaborative survey operations in Kings Bay, GA.

• Next meeting 11 Dec. to plan joint Norfolk survey.

Accomplishments:

Modeling and Instrumentation Working Group

• NAVOCEANO will organize a workshop to consider coordination of physical modeling and data needs for Homeland Security to:

(1) Share information on operational and quasi-operational physical models for currents, water level, and pollution transport.

(2) Discuss continuing approaches to:

- Inventory, coordination, and centralized dissemination of model output.

- Share model code and outputs.

- Compare among model outputs and observations for model validation

- Share technical capabilities (e.g. data assimilation techniques).

(3) Define R&D requirements needed to transition priority models in geographic areas.

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPICCOORDINATION MEETING

Tasks:

Modeling and Instrumentation Working Group

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPHICCOORDINATION MEETING

• Developed and disseminated Model Inventory template to partners in modeling community. Responses have started coming in.

• Planning workshop to be held at NAVO 29-30 Nov. Approximately 20 senior technical representatives will attend from NOAA, USACE, EPA, NAVO, NRL, and others.

• Objectives of the workshop include:- Options for national coordination for hydrodynamic & contaminant fate modeling for 50 ports.- Data requirements to support the above modeling.- Data Networking requirements for real-time data and model product dissemination.- Inventory of existing model implementations and supporting data.

Accomplishments:

Data Networking, Processing, & Storage Working GroupTasks:

(1) Address classification level for this Homeland Security effort. [Recommend Unclassified]

(2) Address coordinated contingency response.

(3) Interact with customer base (new) to define custom products.

(4) All agencies will press their R&D communities to determine what applied science can be rapidly transitioned to an operational capability.

(5) Establish Points of Contact and working groups to:

- Coordinate common hydrographic data formats, product deliverables, and contractual support.

- Coordinate interagency data processing, networking, and storage efforts.

- Navy and NOAA to discuss collaborative ENC co-production and maintenance efforts.

- Navy and NOAA to discuss MCM related processing and production.

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPHICCOORDINATION MEETING

Data Networking, Processing, & Storage Working Group

HOMELAND SECURITY OCEANOGRAPHICCOORDINATION MEETING

• Held introductory meeting at National Coastal Data Development Center (NCCDC) on 22 October to establish working relationship.• Held technical meeting at NCDDC 31 October.• Pending NCDDC visit to NAVOCEANO for technical details.• Full meeting of WG to occur 28 -29 November. • Agenda items include:

Briefings on Core Capabilities Perspectives on GIS Classification of effort Coordinated contingency response. Product Definition Emergent R&D Data Formats Required contractual support Collaborative relegation of processing, networking, & storage

Accomplishments:

Navy Operational Oceanography

(1) Formed Crisis Action Team (CAT) to plan Homeland Security Actions.

(2) Provide 24/7 operational support for Homeland Security.

(3) Provide Daily/Weekly Intel briefs for SSC agencies.

(4) Implement CONUS circulation model (8 km) to provide boundary conditions for higher resolution nested models.

(5) Conducting collaborative CONUS port survey ops, including Q-routes.

(6) Providing 3 ships, HSLs, AUV and personnel for Homeland Security surveys.

(7) Sharing U.S. port data with National Partners.

Questions?