Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

1. Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education SURA Board of Trustees5 Nov ‘02Ocean IntegrationRichard D. WestRear Admiral, USN (Ret.)President

2. Non-profit, non-governmental organization 67 member institutions representing Academia Federal laboratories & programs Aquariums What is CORE?

3. What is CORE? Research Education Public Outreach CORE BOG Program development and Management Increase Support CORE HQ Staff 14 Federal Agencies CORE Members ------ 67 Universities Higher Learning Institutions Aquaria Develop Ocean Science Community Consensus Encourage Cooperation Articulate & promote Ocean Science Needs & Goals Build Common Goals Other Ocean & Coastal Organizations House Senate Oceans Caucus 50+ Committees & Subcommittees 36

4. CORE Staff Organization

5. CORE Programs http://www.nopp.org http://www.coml.org http://www.nosb.org http://www.coreocean.org/deos

6. Oceans Act 2000 The law establishes a Commission which, in consultation with the states, a scientific advisory panel, and the public, develops recommendations for a National Oceans Policy (due June 2003). The President has 120 days to provide Congress with proposals to implement or respond to recommendations. The Commission is to give equal consideration to environmental, technical feasibility, economic, and scientific factors. In addition, the recommendations may not be specific to the lands or waters within a single state.

7. Purpose To establish a Commission to make recommendations for a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy that will promote: • Protection of live and property • Stewardship of ocean and coastal resources • Enhancement of maritime commerce • Expansion of human knowledge of the marine environment • Investment in technologies to promote energy and food security • Close cooperation among government agencies • U.S. leadership in ocean and coastal activities

8. Oceans Act 2000 - Scope The Commission’s report is required to include a review of the following: • Existing and planned facilities (people, vessels, computers, satellites) • Existing and planned federal activities • Cumulative effect of federal laws • Supply and demand for ocean and coastal resources • Relationships between federal, state, and local governments, and the private sector • Opportunities for the investment in new products and technologies • State and federal integration efforts • Modification to federal laws and/or the structure of federal agencies • The effectiveness of existing federal interagency policy coordination

9. Ocean Commissions Challenges and Opportunities • Rationalize organization of Federal ocean and coastal activities • Integrate laws and policies • Ensure greater involvement of Federal, State, Regional, and Local stakeholders • Build the required knowledge base of ocean environment to support decision-makers • Increase use of science and technology to meet aforementioned challenges • Implement rational and coherent investment policies and plans

11. “…we have the opportunity, urged by many presenters, to develop truly integrated ocean and coastal observing and prediction systems that are more sophisticated than ever before…but will we seize the opportunity?” US Commission on Ocean Policy, Mid-Term Report Sep ‘02

12. Coastal Observing Systems (NOAA, Navy, NASA, NSF, MMS, EPA, USGS, USCG, USACOE) GEM - Alaska NEPTUNE GoMOOS MOOS LEO-15 DBOS CBOS COOS CORMP CARA-COOPS SEACOOS SCOOP CARO-COOPS- Carolina Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program CBOS - Chesapeake Bay Observing System COMPS - Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System COOS - California Ocean Observing System CORMP - Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program GEM - Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring - Alaska DBOS- Deleware Bay Observing System GoMOOS - Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System LEO-15 - Long Term Environmental Observatory MOOS - MBARI Ocean Observing System NGLI - Northern Gulf of Mexico Littoral Initiative SABSOON - South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observational Network SEACOOS - Southeast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System WAVCIS NGLI TABS SFOMC COMPS TCOON SABSOON SCOOP - Southeastern Coastal Ocean Observing System SFOMC - South Florida Ocean Management Center TABS - Texas Automated Buoy System TCOON - Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network WAVCIS- Wave-Current Surge Information System for Coastal Louisiana

13. Integration

15. Partnership US GOOS OMB OSTP 18 Regional Observing Systems

17. National Oceanographic Partnership Program What is NOPP? 14 Federal agencies* together providing leadership and coordination of national oceanographic research & education programs NOPP Mission to facilitate new interactions among federal agencies, academia & industry to increase visibility for ocean issues on the national agenda to achieve a higher level of coordinated effort & synergy across the broad oceanographic community How will NOPP contribute to an Integrated Ocean and Coastal Observing System? Ocean.US (www.ocean.us.net) was created by NOPP in late 2000 and empowered to develop a tactical plan for implementation of a national ocean observing system by 2010 and to submit this plan to Congress by April 2002. Ocean.US will convene a workshop in March 2002 to define the conventions of the national ocean observing system and will submit this plan to Congress in April 2002. www.NOPP.org The National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP) has demonstrated that coalitions involving academia, government and industry can be successfully built. *US Navy, NOAA, NSF, NASA, Dept. of Energy, EPA, US Coast Guard, USGS, DARPA, MMS, OSTP, OMB, State Dept., US Army CoE

18. IOOS Components • In situ and satellite observations • System support • Research, outreach, services Cost Over 10 years • Buoys and moorings • Coastal mapping, bathymetry • Coastal monitoring • Drifters, gliders, AUVs • High frequency radar • Regional integration • Seafloor cables • Vessel observations • Water level monitoring • Altimeter • Ocean color • Scatterometer • Synthetic aperture radar • Platform support • Research • Sensor development • Communications • Data, computer systems • Outreach, product services and applications Dollars in Millions Fiscal Year

19. National Ocean Research Leadership Council (NORLC) NOPP Organizational Structure Ocean.US EXCOM 12 + 2 8 Federal Oceanographic Facilities Committee (FOFC) Interagency Working Group (IWG) Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) Ocean.US Office 15 Program Office (NOPPO) [CORE]

20. Common Operational Pictures Weapon Systems Mission Planning Systems GPS Middleware 4-D CUBE Middleware Gateway Gateway • Dedicated Sensors • Thru The Sensor Data • On scene Processing WEN • Geo-temporal Tags Dynamic Force and Threat Information ISR / ESG / MMS collections Developing the 4-D Cube NOAA / NASA / EPA / USGS … Foundational GI&S Data (Static Characterization) States Space (Astrometry) Imagery Atmosphere Characterization Navy Industry Ocean Characterization Data Management Nav Data MMS NIMA Imagery Terrain Ship of Opportunity Program GoMOOS, NGLI, Caro-COMP, etc. ARGO NCEP, ECMWF

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