NOAA

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• NOAAs Surface Weather Program
• WIST Workshop
• June 13, 2006
• Mike Campbell
• NOAA Surface Weather Program Manager
• NWS Observing Services

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NOAA Organizational Structure

• NOAAs Strategic Mission Goals
• Ecosystems
• Weather and Water
• Climate
• Commerce and Transportation

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NOAA Organizational Structure

• NOAAs Line Offices
• NMAO
• NESDIS
• NOS
• NWS

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Key Strategies for NOAAs Commerce and
Transportation Mission Goal
Information that Moves America

• NOAA has enhanced the American Publics ability
  to
• Know where they are
• Get where they are going safely and efficiently
• Make appropriate decisions for a safe, secure,
  efficient, and environmentally sound
  transportation network.
• NOAAs essential services are uninterrupted and
  available during emergencies and critical events

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Commerce and Transportation Overview

• Surface Weather
• Aviation Weather
• Marine Weather
• Marine Transportation System
• Geodesy
• Emergency Response

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Surface Weather within NOAA

• Mandate to protect life and property, and promote
  safe and efficient commerce and transportation
• Weather contributes to 7,400 deaths and
  1,500,000 highway crashes/yr
• 17 of all highway fatalities occur during
  adverse weather
• 42B annual economic loss
• Weather support at the ocean and airport
  interfaces crucial to domestic and international
  commerce
• Multi-modal with initial focus on road weather

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NOAA Services Supporting Surface Weather

• Monitoring (observing, data management)
• observing platforms (NOAA non-NOAA)
• satellite
• Doppler radar
• Data processing
• Data archival
• Prediction (forecasts, warnings, etc.)
• Modeling
• Climate Services

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NOAAs Partnership with FHWA

• Mission
• Operations, research, private sector
• MOU (July, 2005)
• Clarus path to operations
• VII requirements, data management
• Commerce of freight operations
• Model for other surface modes

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Future NOAA Data Management
Transferring the MADIS functionalities from OAR
Research into NWS Operations
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MADIS, the Operational Difference
All Customers Must Perform Same Functions
Simplifies Customer Processing
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NOAAs Enterprise Partnerships Partnering for
Data, Improved Service

• Thousands to millions of obs to assist decisions
• Potential for numerous new applications
• Input to a variety of models, forecasts and
  warnings public and private
• Supports forecast model verification
• Validate remote sensors
• Data sharing

National Surface Weather Observation System -
NSWOS (Operational MADIS)
NOAA and Non-NOAA Data
Enterprise Servers
Input Output
Clarus VII Programs
Digital Database Forecast Service
Detailed, Road Section, Rail, Transit, and
Pipeline Specific Products
Watches Warnings Advisories (county/area-specif
ic)
Research, Academic, and Transportation Interface