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Coastal Intelligence Development

• One of three National Ocean Service cross-cutting priorities

• Supports corporate messaging – “Coastal Intelligence” mirrors NOAA Administrator’s use of “Environmental Intelligence”

• Aligns NOS Offices, new budget structure, and priorities

• Requires more coordination and integration within and across NOS and NOAA

• Will inform an NOS Roadmap (under development), which will organize implementation activities

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National Ocean Service

I. Navigation, Observations and Positioning

II. Coastal Science and Assessment

III. Ocean and Coastal Management and Services

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Cross-cutting PrioritiesImprove end-to-end coastal preparedness, response, recovery and resiliency

Coastal Intelligence Network 

Enhance coastal and marine resource conservation through place-based management

National Ocean ServiceDr. Holly Bamford, Assistant Administrator

Dr. Russell Callender, Deputy Assistant Administrator

*Acting

Management and BudgetChristopher Cartwright

International ProgramsClement D. Lewsey

Staff Offices

Navigation, Observations and Positioning

Coastal Science and Assessment

Ocean and Coastal Management Services

Office of Coast Survey Rear Adm. Gerd Glang

Office of National Geodetic Survey

Juliana Blackwell

Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and

ServicesRichard Edwing

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

Dan Basta

Office of Response and Restoration

David Westerholm

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

Margaret Davidson*

NOAA Coastal Services Center Dr. Jeff Payne*

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Steve Thur*

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System®

Zdenka Willis

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IOOS Placement within new NOS Budget Structure

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NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICEOperations, Research and Facilities

($ in Thousands)

FY 2014President's

BudgetFY14

EnactedNavigation, Observations & Positioning Navigation, Observations & Positioning 145,852 136,000 Hydrographic Survey Priorities/Contracts 26,946 25,000 IOOS Regional Observations 34,520 28,500

• 4 Offices combined– National Geodetic Survey– Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services– Office of Coast Survey– IOOS

• Important to build on strong relationships• Opportunity to extend & strengthen Regional IOOS

• Management of Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping• National authority on global positioning• Delivering Tides & Currents, Water Levels, and PORTS®

• Integration of ocean observations to improve decision-support tools

I. Navigation, Observations and Positioning

NOS Program Offices• Office of Coast Survey• National Geodetic Survey• Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services• U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS® ) Program

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Navigation, Observations and PositioningOffice of Coast Survey

• Navigation services• Hydrographic surveys• Nautical charting• Technology research and development• Emergency response

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Navigation, Observations and Positioning National Geodetic Survey

• Positioning• Continuously Operating Reference Stations

(CORS)• Height Modernization• Online Positioning User Services (OPUS)• Standards for geodetic surveying, GPS• Coastal mapping and remote sensing• Airport surveys

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Navigation, Observations and Positioning Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and

Services • Tides, water level, and currents data• Real-time observations and forecast models • Long-term sea level change monitoring• National Water Level Observation Network

(NWLON)• Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System

(PORTS®)• Storm QuickLook• Gulf of Mexico HAB bulletins Inundation analyses

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Navigation, Observations and Positioning U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Program

• Federal, regional, private, and academic partners• Integration of ocean observations to improve

decision-support tools• Adapting standards to make data easier to use• High frequency radar• Gliders• Biological observations

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Coastal Intelligence Defined

Consists of observations, measurements, models, monitoring, assessment, analysis, and the forecasts, tools, products and services derived from these sources.

How NOS delivers timely, actionable information, developed from reliable and authoritative science, to provide insight into present and future conditions in the coastal zone.

A network of end-to-end capabilities that references, describes and informs decisions which affect public safety, coastal community resilience, our economy and sustainable use of the environment.

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GlidersHydrography

Shoreline

Coastal Intelligence

Historical Data|Trends

•Shoreline Changes•Digital Coast•Sea Level Trends

Real-Time Forecasts

•Hydrodynamic Models•Ecological Forecasts•Inundation Models

Position (X, Y) (CORS)

Physical (water levels, currents, waves, temperature, salinity, etc.)Chemical (nitrogen, phosphorus, etc.)Biological (chlorophyll, pathogens, etc.)Water Quality (pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, etc.)

BuoysCoastal Stations

VDATUM

TimeTime• Ocean Obs• Post-Event Imagery• ERMA

Reference Describe Inform

Meteorological (wind, pressure, temperature, etc.)

Satellites

COASTAL INTELLIGENCE

Coastal Intelligence – Types of Users

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Search & Rescue

Search area decreased 66% in 96 hours

Shellfish Growers

Fisherman

+ +

"I trust the weather buoys with my life. Thank you." - Maine Fisherman;

"Love your service…I believe your service is a lifesaver. Thanks!" -Dave, Pilot; "I would like you to know that information you are providing us not only aids us in our work, it almost certainly has saved lives."-Roy Atkinson, Fisherman.

Maritime Operations

+ +

2008 Whiskey Creek Hatchery lost 100% of oyster larvaeOcean Acidification was the cause

Real-time Observing System establishedBy 2010, productivity was back to 70%

FY14-15 Joint Activities and Milestones

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FY16 Joint Activities

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Next Steps at IOOS Spring Meeting

• We are planning a session with all of the Directors and Deputies from the four offices within the Navigation, Observations, and Positioning budget structure

• Objectives:• Directors from NOS offices and IOOS Regions meet and greet• Increase understanding of program intersections and opportunities

to collaborate• Start discussions of a few activities and milestones we can work on

together

What can you do?• Review the FY14-15 and FY16 activities slides in this

presentation• Consider your Regional capabilities and activities• Identify areas of integration or joint planning you would like

to see related to these lists

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