U.S. IOOS®

Briefing for RDML Glang

Suzanne Skelley, CAPT Scott Kuester, & Jen RhoadesUS IOOS Program Office

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U.S. IOOS Program Overview

Enables Decision making and Science

WHO:WHAT:ObservationData ManagementModeling & AnalysisResearch & DevelopmentEducation & TrainingGovernance & Mgmt

WHY: 7 Societal Goals, 1 System Predictions of climate change and weatherSafety and efficiency of maritime operationsForecasts of natural hazardsImprove homeland security Minimize public health risks Protect and restore healthy coastal ecosystemsSustain living marine resources

WHERE:Global Coastal (EEZ to tidal waters)

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U.S. IOOS Program Overview

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U.S. IOOS Regional Associations

U.S. IOOS Regional partners are essential to building and supporting U.S. IOOS

11 Regional Associations (RAs) guide development of and stakeholder input to regional observing activities

RAs serve the nation’s coastal communities, including the Great Lakes, the Caribbean Pacific territories, and Freely Associated States

RAs provide increased observations, distinctive knowledge, and critical technological abilities, and apply these towards the development of products to meet regional and local needs

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U.S. IOOS Program Office & Appropriations• Provide Programmatic Leadership: Build the structure and support necessary to advance

implementation and recognition of U.S. IOOS• Foster Operational Capability: Lead and coordinate Federal and non-Federal contributions to U.S. IOOS• Forge Robust Partnerships: Initiate and sustain relationships for participation in IOOS by Federal

agencies, non-Federal groups and industry• Champion Regional and Stakeholder Interests: Connect Regional products and services to national

needs, and connect Federal groups to Regional entities

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Line Item Name ($K)FY10

EnactedFY11 Spend

PlanFY12 Spend

PlanFY13

Enacted*FY14

PresBud

NOAA IOOS 6,555 6,595 6,432 5,926 6,593IOOS Regional Observations 27,000 21,956 22,956 26,384 34,520 Regional Observations 16,963 16,669 17,081 18,114 19,270 Surface Current Mapping (HF Radar) 3,037 3,000 4,625 4,994 5,000 Multi-Sensor Sea Surface Temperature (NASA/NOAA) 250 250 250 250 Marine Sensor Innovation Projects Total** 0 0 3,024 10,000 MSI - Accelerate Transitions to operations projects & SBIR 0 1,023 8,000 Sensor validation & verification 3,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Super regional modeling testbed 4,000 1,000 0 1,000 1,000TOTAL 34,605$ 28,551$ 29,388$ 32,310$ 41,113$

*FY13 enacted values are post-rescissions and sequester and assumes approval by Congress.**MSI Projects total is part of IOOS Regional Observations & equals the sum of the three rows below that row.

www.ioos.noaa.gov/about/governance/icoosact_progress.html

ICOOS Act Implementation

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• IOOS Program Office & IOOC• Independent Cost Estimate• Public Private Use Policy• Certification guidelines• IOOS Advisory Committee• Biennial Report to Congress

U.S. IOOS Improvements to Coastal & Ocean Data

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U.S. IOOS DMAC is NOW!

Google Crisis Map developed during superstorm Sandy using a simple kml data feed from SECOORA

SECOORA published all their data in that feed including CO-OPS/NDBC, etc.

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U.S. IOOS Demonstrated Value

• Extreme events: – Hurricane Sandy – IOOS information enabled over 6,700 containers to

be diverted from the New York/New Jersey area to Virginia (value estimated at ≈ $1B)

– Ocean Acidification – Pacific Northwest oyster hatcheries recovered and are again major contributors to the $111 million West Coast shellfish industry

– Oil Spills – HF radar data used by NOAA’s forecast models to track oil spills, including the Cosco Busan and Deepwater Horizon spills

• HF radar data used operationally in the U.S. Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS)

• Over 13 million ocean observations ingested into the World Meteorological Organization through our partnership with NDBC

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U.S. IOOS Marine Sensor Innovation Projects

• FY13 ≈ $3M– ≈ $1M - Projects to accelerate technology transitions into operations

• Ocean acidification monitoring in the Pacific• Harmful algal bloom monitoring in the Gulf of Maine

– $1M - Sensor Validation & Verification (Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT))

– $1M – Super-Regional Modeling Testbed/Coastal & Ocean Modeling Testbed (COMT)

• FY14 $10M in President’s 2014 Budget– $8M - FFO to be issued seeking LOIs for projects to accelerate

technology transitions into operations – $1M – Sensor Verification & Validation– $1M - COMT

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U.S. IOOS HF Radar

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• FundingFY12, FY13, FY14 ≈ $5M of O&M

• Stakeholders> 30 institutions operate HF RadarsUsed by > 40 government/private entitiesPartnership with Industry: US-based CODAR Ocean Sensor

• Who depends on itUSCG Search and Rescue; Oil spill responseWater quality Criminal forensicsCommercial marine navigationOffshore energyHABsMarine fisheriesEmerging – Maritime Domain AwarenessEmerging – Tsunami; Solar Activity

Decreases search area by 66% in 96 hours

H.R. 2219 ICOOS Act Reauthorization• Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing System Act of 2009 expires 09/30/13• ICOOS Act Reauthorization

– Existing community support for Re-Authorization (IOOS Association, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, local and regional stakeholders, and members of Congress)

• NOAA Input to Modify ICOOS Act– Enable Staggering of System Advisory Committee Members

• No authority to stagger terms• Risk for losing institutional knowledge on Committee

– Funding transfer• Unable to transfer funds to state, local, and private sector organizations under current authority

– Cap on budget• House Bill H.R. 2219 authorizes U.S. IOOS at $11.5M lower than the President’s 2014 Budget• FY14 PB is $41.1M Net increase of $5M over the President’s 2013 Budget and a net increase of

$3.6M compared to the FY 2013 Enacted budget for U.S. IOOS

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