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Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
NOAA’s Approach to Building an Initial Operating Capability
Zdenka S. WillisDirector, IOOS Program
January 30, 2007
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NOAA’s IOOS Way Forward
NOAA’s IOOS Opportunity
IOOS Definition:
Coordinated national and international network of observations and data transmission, data management and communication (DMAC), and data analyses and modeling that systematically and efficiently acquires and disseminates data and information on past, present and future states of the oceans and the U.S. coastal waters to the head of the tide. (IOOS Development Plan)
Organize for Success
• Establish a NOAA IOOS Program Office
– Function: Lead and manage NOAA’s IOOS efforts
– Responsibility: Execute NOAA’s IOOS efforts; establish requirements; conduct system acquisition; support external collaboration
Integrate Data
• Lead Data Integration Framework – Initial Operating Capability
– Integrate priority IOOS core variables and deliver to end users and models
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NOAA IOOS Program
NCEP CSDLNDBC NGDC NODCCSC OCO
NOAA Administrator
NOS Assistant Administrator
NOAA IOOS Office Director
Program Planning &
Analysis
Major IOOS Project
ManagementIntegrated Systems
Engineering
Program Execution
Communication & Outreach
IOOS Interagency & International
Liaison (Dr. Spinrad)
Organize for Success
Leveraging existing NOAA-wide capabilities
OST
Ocean.US
NOAA Ocean Council
NOAA Observing System Council
Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observations (IWGOO)
Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST)
Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource
Management Integration (ICOSRMI)
Interagency Connections
Guidance & Requirements
Capacity & Capabilities
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Integrate Data
Global climate system not well understood
• Characterize the state of the global climate system and its variability
Coastal populations at risk, including coastal hazards and coastal development and urbanization
• Improved models (e.g., coastal inundation, hurricane intensity, and harmful algal bloom model)
Ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems at risk, including the hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and ecosystem health and productivity
• Improved ecosystem assessments and models
• Updated management approaches
• Improved access to data, and scientific information
Core Variables
TemperatureSalinitySea Level Surface currents Ocean color BathymetrySurface wavesIce distributionContaminantsDissolved nutrientsFish speciesFish abundanceZooplankton speciesOptical propertiesHeat fluxBottom characterPathogensDissolved O2
Phytoplankton speciesZooplankton abundance
IntegrationLong-term data
series, coordinated in space and time
Integrated Ecosystem
Assessment
Harmful Algal Bloom
Model
Hurricane Intensity
Model
Coastal Inundation
Model
Decision Tools
Problem Need
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ARGO Profiling
Satellites
Drifting Buoys
NOAA Ships
VOS (xbt)
Weather Buoys
DART
C-MAN
NWLON
CREIOS
SWIM
SWMP
Tropical Moored Buoys
NOAA Ship Archive
ARGO Delayed data
NMFS
OAR
Single Sat. Pass Data
Multiple Sat. Pass Data
NCDC
NODC
CLASS
GDAC
NDBC
NCDDC
NERRS CDMO
AOML
PACIFIC I. FSC
CO-OPS
OSDPP
COAST WATCH
NOAA Ship Synoptic
Core Variable Integration Problem: Temperature (Example)
PLATFORM Data Distribution Archive
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Decision Tools: Integrated Core Variables for Models
CORE VARIABLES
NOAA MODELS
Current StateMODELING IMPROVEMENTS
(future state)
• TemperatureHurricane Intensity
Model
• Non real-time and interpolated temperature data used to inform model
• Integration of real-time, temperature = increased accuracy of hurricane intensity predictions
• Sea Level
Coastal Inundation
Model
• Sea level data (various sources and formats) integrated on site-by-site basis for use in model
• Expedited development of coastal inundation forecasts for Southeast and Gulf
• Surface currents
• Ocean Color• Salinity
Harmful Algal Bloom Model
• Wind data and marine forecasts used as proxy to determine currents
• Improved bloom trajectory forecast
• Enable development of national HAB forecast with integrated currents
• Temperature• Salinity• Ocean Color• Surface
currents• Sea level
Integrated Ecosystem
Assessment
• NOAA compiles and integrates suite of data required for each assessment
• Assess current conditions• Forecast ecological health
based on existing management strategies
• Evaluate impacts of alternate management strategies
Evaluate NOAA models that impact highest-
priority problems
Integrate variables needed to achieve benchmarked
improvements
Select next set of priority core variables based on impacts to
NOAA products
Quantify progress toward defined modeling improvements
Identify remaining IOOS core variables needed
to reduce errorNone?
Identify additional source(s) of error within model
Process Flow
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Integrated Ecosystem
Assessment
Month 36Integration of 5 Core Variables Integrated variable
ingest for following products
Benchmarked product improvements for operational use
• Product Enhancement
• Test & Evaluation
• Verification & Validation
• Integrated information services for NOAA programs
• Identify observation gaps
• Validated enhanced data products
• NOAA’s Data Integration Framework
Enhanced decision support through:
NOAA MISSION OBJECTIVES
NOAA 5 Core Variables
External sources of 5 Core Variables (consistent with NOAA standards)
Test & EvaluationMonths 0-12 Month 18 Month 24
Harmful Algal Bloom Model
Hurricane Intensity Model
Coastal Inundation Model
Solution: Data Integration Framework – Initial Operating Capability
PRIORITY 1
NOAAIOOS Integrated Data Framework
ARGO Profiling
Satellites
Drifting Buoys
NOAA Ships
VOS (xbt)
Weather Buoys
DART
C-MAN
NWLON
CREIOS
SWIM
SWMP
Tropical Moored Buoys
NOAA Ship Archive
ARGO Delayed data
NMFS
OAR
Single Sat. Pass Data
Multiple Sat. Pass Data
NCDC
NODC
CLASS
GDAC
NDBC
NCDDC
NEERS CDMO
AOML
PACIFIC I. FSC
CO-OPS
OSDPP
COAST WATCH
NOAA Ship Synoptic
PLATFORM Data Distribution Archive
ARGO Profiling
Satellites
Drifting Buoys
NOAA Ships
VOS (xbt)
Weather Buoys
DART
C-MAN
NWLON
CREIOS
SWIM
SWMP
Tropical Moored Buoys
NOAA Ship Archive
ARGO Delayed data
NMFS
OAR
Single Sat. Pass Data
Multiple Sat. Pass Data
NCDC
NODC
CLASS
GDAC
NDBC
NCDDC
NEERS CDMO
AOML
PACIFIC I. FSC
CO-OPS
OSDPP
COAST WATCH
NOAA Ship Synoptic
PLATFORM Data Distribution Archive
Systems EngineerStandards
Temperature Salinity Sea Level Currents Color
Temperature Salinity Sea Level Currents Color
Harmful Algal Bloom Model
Integrated Ecosystem
Assessment
Hurricane Intensity Model
Coastal Inundation Model
Systems Engineering:
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Current Activities
• Establish Program Office Director position• Establish IOOS in PPBES structure – Mission
Support goal, IOOS sub-goal • Establish Level 1 IOOS requirements • KDP-1 approval by NOC & NOSC • Define & distribute standards for 5 core variables
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U.S. Strides Forward with Commitment to Ocean Observing Programs
• Three ocean observing offices working together in one location– Ocean.US – The National Office for Integrated and Sustained
Ocean Observations (Mary Altalo)– NOAA Office of Climate Observation (Mike Johnson)– NOAA IOOS Office (Zdenka Willis)
• Partnerships, Collaborations, Synergies
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IOOS Staff
• Zdenka Willis, Director• Suzanne Skelley, Chief of Staff• Barbara Bennett (secretary)• Carl Gouldman• Jack Harlan (IPA)• Robin Jamail (IPA)• Kurt Schnebele, NODC, Interim Manager, Data Integration
Framework• Rebecca Shuford• Timi Vann• Marcia Weaks• Nicole Gerringer, contractor• Rob Ragsdale, contractor
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What’s Different
• Dedicated effort with full time staff• Establish IOOS as a program in NOAA program structure• Major Project re-scoped
– 5 core variables: temperature, salinity, sea level, surface currents and ocean color
– 4 models: hurricane intensity, coastal inundation, harmful algal blooms and integrated ecosystem assessments
– 12 months: NOAA IOOS Integrated Data Framework completed by end of Jan 2008
• Execution• Overall coordination with Federal and non-Federal partners