Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.)

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Update for the NOAA Science Advisory Board

• Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S.
  Navy (Ret.)
• Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
  Atmosphere
• NOAA Administrator
• March 6, 2007

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Outline

• Welcome, Updates Since Last Meeting
• Budget, Legislative Actions
• NOAA at Work!
• Science at NOAA
• Regional Collaboration
• International Efforts

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UpdatesPersonnel

• SAB Membership
• Working to fill 1 remaining vacancy
• Planning to be at full strength by November
  meeting
• Anson FranklinNew Director, Office of
  Communications
• Joe KlimaviczNew NOAA CIO

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UpdatesMajor NOAA Accomplishments

• U.S. Tsunami Warning Program
• Operational
• Magnuson-Stevens Act
• Reauthorized

Thailand DART II Deployment
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UpdatesMajor NOAA Accomplishments

• Fleet Modernization
• FSV HENRY B. BIGELOW
• FSV PISCES
• NOAA Activates Climate and Weather Supercomputer
• Operational
• Increases computational might by 320
• 14 trillion calculations/second!

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Updates Major NOAA Accomplishments

• Weather Radios in all classrooms
• Collaboration with DHS
• NOAA Provides Support to the Development of the
  IPCC Latest International Climate Science Report
• International Contributions

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Update 2006 Major NOAA Accomplishments

• GOES-N
• Successfully launched!
• MetOp-A
• Will provide global data for forecasts of severe
  weather, disaster mitigation

GOES N Prep Launch
MetOp-A Prep Launch
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Budget, Legislative Actions FY07 Continuing
Resolution

• Joint Resolution 20 signed into law on February
  15th, 2007
• Funds the Federal government through September
  30th, 2007
• Joint Resolution provides NOAA with continued
  funding at the FY06 Enacted level (3.9 billion)
• Possible small upward adjustments to some items
• FY 2007 spending plan is still under development

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Budget, Legislative ActionsNOAA Funding Trends
( in Billions)



In FY03, the House did not report or pass an
SJC appropriations bill. The House-Introduced
bill total is used here.
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Budget, Legislative Actions FY 2008 Budget
Context

• NOAA Services Crucial to Our Nations
  Competitiveness
• Increasing Need to Preserve Ocean and Coastal
  Resources
• Severe Weather Impacting Our Economy and Public
  Safety
• Understanding Climate Change to Manage Resources
  Better
• NOAA Environmental Information Key to Millions of
  Decisions
• Fiscal Environment Requires Careful Resource
  Decisions

Pfiesteria HAB in Lake Erie
Hurricane Frances2004
Planting Oysters in Chesapeake Bay NERR
Sinking Oil Tanker (JESSICA)
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Budget, Legislative Actions FY 2008 Budget
Highlights

• Request of 3,815.4M is 131.3M or 3.4 above the
  FY 2007 Presidents Budget
• Request is 96.1M or 2.5 below the FY 2006
  Enacted Level
• Reflects the Administrations Guidance on
  Discretionary Spending
• Supports Core Mission Services
• Includes 51.5M for Adjustments to Base and
  79.9M in Program Increases
• Supports Presidents U.S. Ocean Action Plan

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Budget, Legislative Actions Summary by Strategic
Goal
Goal are obligations(incl. mandatory) FY 2006 Enacted FY 2007 Blue Book Amount FY 2007 Presidents Budget FY 2008 Net Changes FY 2008 Presidents Request Percent Change over 07 PB
Ecosystems 1,239 1,055 95 1,150 9.0
Climate 251 226 14 240 6.2
Weather Water 933 877 46 923 5.2
Commerce Transportation 182 159 6 165 3.8
Mission Support 1,401 1,503 (24) 1,479 (1.6)
Financing (95) (136) (6) (142)
Total 3,911 3,684 131 3,815 3.4
( in millions)
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Budget, Legislative Actions Summary by Line
Office
( in millions)
Line Office are obligations(incl. mandatory) FY2006 Enacted FY 2007 Presidents Budget FY 2008 Net Changes FY 2008 Presidents Request Percent Changeover 07 PB
NOS 590 413 55 468 13.3
NMFS 804 737 59 796 8.0
OAR 380 349 20 369 5.7
NWS 848 882 21 903 2.4
NESDIS 952 1,034 (56) 978 (5.4)
PS/OMAO 491 406 36 442 8.9
Financing (154) (137) (4) (141)
Total 3,911 3,684 131 3,815 3.4
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Budget, Legislative ActionsLegislative
Priorities110th Congress

• NOAA Organic Act
• National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007
• Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Amendments Act
  of 2007
• Cooperative Conservation of Marine, Estuarine,
  Coastal, and Riverine Habitats Act of 2007
• National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of
  2007
• Hydrographic Services Improvement Act

Offshore Aquaculture ProjectHawaii
Florida Keys Coral Reef
Narragansett BayEelgrass Bed Restoration
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Budget, Legislative Actions Climate Change
Science Program

• NOAA Supports the U.S. Climate Change Science
  Program
• FY 08 Presidents Budget Request includes 186M
• NOAA Released CCSPs Synthesis and Assessment
  Products
• SAP 1.1Temperature Trends in the Lower
  AtmosphereSteps for Understanding and
  Reconciling Differences - Released
• SAP 2.2 North American Carbon Budget and
  Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle In
  final Clearance
• SAP 5.2, 3.1 and 4.5 Due out in May and June
  2007
• Dr. Bill Brennan testified February 7th to the
  United States Senate Committee on Commerce,
  Science and Transportation regarding Climate
  Change Research and Scientific Integrity

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NOAA at WorkOcean Acidification
DART Buoy RON BROWN
CREWS Tower
PICO Buoy
Ocean Acidification (OA) is a reaction between
CO2 and water, forming a weak acid Several marine
organisms are sensitive to OA Oceans have taken
up 118 19 Pg of anthropogenic C between 1800
and 1994 Global Ocean Carbon Observing Systems
are needed
Existing and planned NOAA activities have
important relevance to this rapidly emerging
issue

• Ocean Carbon Inventory (Repeat Hydro)
• Global Ocean CO2 Flux (VOS)
• Technology Development
• Remote Sensing Applications
• CO2 Mooring Network

• Coral Reef Monitoring Networks
• Environmental Modeling
• Physiological Research
• Joint Workshops Interagency Collaboration

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NOAA at Work Hurricane Intensity Research
Working Group

• NOAA requested SAB to make recommendations on
  improving Hurricane Intensity forecasts
• NOAA has received the report
• NOAA will provide response at Fall 2007 SAB
• Overall the HIRWG recommendations support the
  direction of NOAAs Hurricane program
• NOAA spends significant dollars today to address
  the problem
• Improvements in Hurricane intensity forecasting
  are costly
• NOAAs efforts to date in developing a coupled
  hurricane model and improving hurricane
  observations have set the stage for intensity
  improvements
• SAB guidance on investment priorities welcome

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NOAA at WorkOcean Action Plan

• Administrations Response to the U.S. Commission
  on Ocean Policy
• U.S. Ocean Action Plan
• December 17, 2004
• Executive Order Committee on Ocean Policy
• U.S. Ocean Action Plan
• NOAAs FY 08 Request includes 123M in new
  increases
• Sustainable use ocean resources (25M)
• Protection and restoration of marine and coastal
  areas (38M)
• Enhanced ocean science and research (60M)

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NOAA at WorkRegional Collaboration Why?
Where is NOAA?
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NOAA at WorkRegional Collaboration A Brief
Introduction

• NOAAs Challenge
• How do we integrate NOAAs products and services
  regionally to serve customers needs?
• A Collaborative Solution
• A systematic, NOAA-wide mechanism to
• Bring regionally-specific customer priorities up
  from NOAA field offices to senior leadership
• Tailor national priorities in NOAAs mission to
  particular regional contexts

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NOAA at Work Regional Collaboration Part of an
Evolving NOAA

• Regional Collaboration is an evolutionary process
  with its roots in the 2002 Program Review Team
• PRT Purpose Determine if NOAA is best
  positioned to accomplish its missions
  successfully and efficiently now and in the
  future.
• An important result of PRT was Regional
  Coordination

5 Pilot Regional Coordination Programs
Tampa Bay
Hawaii
San Francisco
Seattle Tacoma
Ann Arbor Detroit
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NOAA at Work Regional Collaboration Overarching
Goals

• Improved services for the benefit of NOAAs
  customers
• Increased value and productivity of partnerships
• Improved stakeholder relations and support
• Improved internal communications and efficiency
  across line offices and programs
• A more visible and valued NOAA brand

Success will be measured by NOAAs ability to
advance the work of the agency towards these goals
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NOAA at Work Regional Collaboration Specific
Areas of Focus
Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities
Weather Water
Integrated Ecosystem Assessments
Climate
Integrated Water Resource Services
Ecosystems
Outreach Communication
Commerce Transportation

• Regional Collaborations 3 programmatic focus
  areas and 1 critical support area enable NOAAs
  strategic Mission Goals

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NOAA at Work Regional Collaboration An Initial
Framework

• Criteria for Regional Framework
• Publics perception of regional identity
• Alignment with relevant regional partners
• Environmental considerations
• Alignment with existing NOAA capabilities

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NOAA at WorkRegional Collaboration Big Picture
Where is NOAA?
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NOAA at Work How do we get the word out?

1. Develop internal and external communications
   plans
2. Promote NOAAs mission in the regions using the
   NOAA 200th Celebration events
3. Foster outreach to strategic partners and engage
   them early in the process

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International Science At NOAA

• Some examples of upcoming issues in 2007
• International Whaling Commission, Anchorage, AK,
  May 2007
• International Commission for the Conservation of
  Atlantic Tunas, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2007
• Group on Earth Observations Ministerial Meeting,
  Cape Town, SA, November 2007

International Whaling Commission
Dr. William Hogarth, NOAAs NMFS AA, at ICCAT,
2006
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NOAA at WorkInternational Polar Year

• February 26 Official Kick off of the IPY
• Runs from March 2007 to March 2009
• This is the 50th anniversary of NOAA collecting
  samples at the South Pole
• NOAA has participated since first IPY in 1881
• NOAAs participation is integral to the success
  of this research campaign
• Barrow Observatory is host to numerous
  cooperative research projects from around the
  world
• NOAA observatories are a key element of the
  Global Earth Observing System of Systems
• Working collaborative with Russian partners to
  implement long-term observations in the Bering
  Straits
• Working on improving predictions of weather, sea
  ice, ocean wave and land surface processes

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Coral ReefsKey Events in 2008

• U.S. and Mexico to co-chair International Coral
  Reef Initiative (2007-2009)
• International Year of the Reef
• 10th Anniversary of U.S. Coral Reef Task Force,
  Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
• International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS)
• Release of Global and U.S. reports on State of
  Reef Ecosystems
• Opening of Smithsonian Oceans Hall Coral Reef
  Exhibit (30M visitors/yr)
• NOAA Partnered with the National Park Service and
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to build the Nancy
  Foster Florida Keys Environmental Center

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Questions

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Thank You!

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Ocean Action PlanFY 2008 President Budget
Increases over FY 2007
Ocean Science and Research 60 Protecting and Restoring Sensitive Marine and Coastal Areas 38
Ocean Research Priorities Plan Implementation Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument 8.0
Coastal Decision Support 5.0 Penobscot River Restoration 10.0
Develop sensors for rapid toxin detection (HABs) 5.0 Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation 15.0
Ocean Circulation and Climate 5.0 Gulf of Mexico Collaboration 5.0
Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystems 5.0
Integrated Ocean Observing System Ensuring Sustainable Use of Ocean Resources 25
IOOS-Regional Observations 11.5 Magnuson Stevens Implementation
NOAA-Data management and coordination 2.5 Reauthorizationnew requirements 6.5
IOOS-Weather sensors on NWLON stations 1.0 Klamath River Recovery 3.0
IOOS-Ocean sensors on NWS buoys 1.4 Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs) 6.0
Vessel Time and Equipment for Ocean Science Observers and Training 3.0
OM for Newer NOAA Fisheries Research Vessels 4.6 Survey and Monitoring Projects 1.7
OKEANOS EXPLORER OM 1.0 Aquaculture 3.0
Additional support for vessel crews 1.7 Marine Mammals and Sound 1.8
Vessel Equipment and Technology Refresh 1.0
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Hydrographic Surveying 0.7 NOAA Total 123
Mapping the Extended Continental Shelf 8.0
Saltonstall-Kennedy Competitive Fisheries Research Grants (mandatory funds) 3.5
Right Whales Research 2.0
Ocean Health Initiative 1.0
International Polar YearMarine survey in the Antarctic 0.6
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NOAA Funding Trends
( in Billions)
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Budget, Legislative ActionsNOAA Budget Trends
( in billions)
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Coral ReefsAction to Conserve Coral Reef
Ecosystems

• Building integrated reef observing systems
• Assessing State of U.S. Reef Ecosystems (2008)
• Predicting and responding to coral bleaching
  events
• Building local to regional capacity for effective
  coral reef management

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Budget, Legislative ActionsNOAA Funding
Trends2007 Constant Dollars
( in Billions)