Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research (OAR)

Alexander E. MacDonald, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Administrator for Labs & Cooperative Institutes Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA Research:Serving Society through Science

NOAA Research

To conduct environmental research, provide scientific information and research leadership, and transfer

research into products and services to help NOAA meet

the evolving economic, social, and environmental

needs of the Nation.

VisionVision

MissionMission

A society that uses the results of our research as the scientific basis for more productive and

harmonious relationships between humans and the

environment.

Technology Transfer: DARTTM

Technology Transfer: Science on a Sphere®

Future Opportunities: Phased Array Radar

Non-Cooperative TargetsNon-Cooperative Targets

Efficient Multi-BeamSurveillance

Efficient Multi-BeamSurveillance

ADS-B Complement to Support ATC

ADS-B Complement to Support ATC

Rapid Hazardous Weather DetectionRapid Hazardous Weather Detection

High Quality Polarization Diverse

Weather Data

High Quality Polarization Diverse

Weather Data

Flexibility to Support New UASMissions & TaskingFlexibility to Support New UASMissions & Tasking

• Multi-Mission • High Availability, Low Maintenance• Open Architecture reduces lifecycle costs• Power Adaptive Scan• Multiple Simultaneous Beams• Low cost COTS Components

Non-Cooperative TargetsNon-Cooperative Targets

Lockheed Martin proprietary

Future Opportunities: Unmanned Aerial Systems

Future Opportunities: Climate

CarbonTracker

AirCoreTM

Wandering Blind Near a Cliff

Great Challenge of the 21st Century: Cheap Carbon-free Energy

Too bad cold fusion didn’t work…

Questions?