1. Resources Relationships and Procedures Infrastructure Operations Identified sources of funding and other resources Established R&D administration/staff Observing system needs identified and met Concentrate on finding Federal resources Share technical staff regionally Establish central facility for regional obs systems Established regional resource coordination and Federal support Peer review subregional assessments w/in RA Focus on model development, data coordination, grant applications, and national coordination Seek out a stable funding source Continue RA and external coordination Need external coordination Resource needs are specific Limited funding sources Improved linkages with the academic sector, Federal agencies, and private industry Significantly expanded and improved interoperability Expand/develop links with applied science and advanced materials academic sectors, Federal fisheries and EM contacts, and instrument manufacturers in the private sector Improved regional-level R&D activities Conduct R&D activities with other regions  Links at national level  Links at local level  Regional-level R&D efforts  Increased funding from entities such as NIH, foundations, etc.  Coordinate and establish relationships with entities such as OMB, CEQ, ORION, etc.  Coordinate and establish relationships at the State and County levels, with Water Districts, etc.  Coordinate regional R&D efforts  Establish relationships with non-traditional funding sources  Poor communication in general (sub-region, region, between regions)  Little support for: fisheries, sediment transport, HF Radar tests, data management strategies  Developing communications between R-COOS and Federal Backbone  Continue to enhance sensor and observational technology developments  Expanded geographic and data type coverage  Distributed modeling center to share resources (models, data, computers)  Improved coordination of build-out activities  Improve technologies for HF radar, bio and water quality, metazoan detection, seafloor/seabed, air-sea, etc.  Continue development of acoustic arrays, biosensors, seafloor mapping  Acquires data and computers, and develop models for modeling center  Improved sensor and observational technology development  Testbeds  Increased seafloor mapping Better dialogue and coordination  Share capabilities and personnel  Develop cost estimates  Enhance benthic dynamics and habitats mapping  Develop sensor and computation testbeds  Inventory of existing sensor capabilities  Inventory of communication infrastructure  Test/gain experience with sensors and offshore observing systems  Early quasi-operational capability models Operational nowcast/forecast system Thorough data management SECOORA-wide ecosystem analysis Improved sensors and observations Education (graduate degrees in operational oceanography) Develop/test nowcast/forecast system Coordinate data management at enterprise and regional levels Further develop biological and chemical observations Examine annual and interannual trends Train next generation in development and operation of COOS technology  Continued systems assessment  Short term demonstration  Improved regional coordination  Enhanced focus on coastal hazards  Biological observations  Observation technology assessment Establish robust offshore systems that can transition to operations Coordinate experiment and model system design with the national backbone Develop data modeling plans Conduct gap analysis for measurements Need national backbone coordination Need additional observations (benthic/biological) Enhanced user communications Unclear what operational means Desired Future State (3-5 yrs)Transition ActionsDesired Future State (1 yr)Transition ActionsCurrent State Research and Development