1. 1 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS Climate Services Climate Analysis, Monitoring, and Services Meeting Fiona Horsfall OCWWS/Climate Services Division October 24, 2003

2. 2 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Outline Definition Vision CSD Role of Regional and Field Offices

3. 3 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Real-time monitoring Forecasting products and services Models and technology, model output Observations Customer education, assistance, and outreach Developing partnerships NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Definition The timely production and delivery of useful climate data, information, and knowledge to decision makers A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future, 2001, NRC

4. 4 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Real-time monitoring of climate variability (including drought conditions) coast to coast down to the county level New forecast products –Linking weather and climate on intraseasonal time scales –Downscaled to local levels –Reflecting new insight into warm season precipitation, drought, and the Southwest monsoon –Extending beyond a year to a decade or more NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Vision

5. 5 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION User-friendly provider to the private sector of NWS climate models, climate forecast model output, climate guidance products, and know- how Capacity to ensure the accuracy and continuity of the U.S. historical record Fully-mobilized regional and field offices for –Customer outreach –Downscaling climate forecasts –Product and information dissemination –Integration and quality control of surface observations NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Vision

6. 6 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES CSD -- Mission To provide vision, direction, and resources to ensure NWS climate services are easily accessible, well understood, optimally used, and reflect customer needs

7. 7 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Provide direct staff and monetary assistance Produce guidelines and directives Ensure availability of training Coordinate requirements Facilitate partnerships NWS CLIMATE SERVICES CSD -- Roles

8. 8 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION FTE’s Bob Reeves Technical Consultant Marina Timofeyeva Visiting Scientist Melvyn Gelman NWS Liaison to COSP Jiayu Zhou Climate Focal Point, OST Supporting Contract NWS CLIMATE SERVICES CSD -- Personnel

9. 9 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION CSD Chief and CPC Director sit on NCO Board Matrix link to other LOs directly and through NOAA Climate Office (NCO) Develops and champions NWS climate budget initiatives NWS CLIMATE SERVICES CSD -- Key External Activities

10. 10 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NOAA Climate Office Interagency Climate Office Climate Board NCEP NMFS EMC NOSOARNESDIS NWS Focal Points CPC CSD WFOs/ RFCs Regional Manager RCCs CWISE OCWWSRegions NGDC NCDC NODC OGP, CDC, GFDL, Sea Grant RISAs, IRI, Extension Matrix Link CSC, OCRM, CWISE FY 2001 FY 2003 NWS CLIMATE SERVICES NWS Climate Services Team PPI

11. 11 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES CSD -- Key Internal Activities Special projects –Statistical downscaling of CPC outlooks for Western (WR), Alaska (AR), and Eastern (ER) Regions –Definition of new homogeneous Climate Divisions for the United States (CDC/CIRES) –Development of an organizational model for regional climate services (CDC/CIRES)

12. 12 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES The Five Pillars Climate Services of the National Weather Service Guidelines & Tools Observation s & Data Climate Monitoring & Prediction Products Education & Outreach Partnerships

13. 13 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Role of Regional & Field Offices Goal 1: Organize and equip the regional and local offices with guidelines and tools to enhance climate services Assume ownership of program, self organize (dedicated Program Manager at RHQ, designated focal points at field offices), and commence planning and training in FY03.

14. 14 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Role of Regional & Field Offices Goal 2: Provide reliable, timely, accurate, and secure observations and metatdata for the climate record Ensure standards, rigorous metadata reporting, timely exchange of QC information with partners. Jack Kelly: Our legacy will be our data

15. 15 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Role of Regional & Field Offices Goal 3: Enhance and extend CPC’s product suite to increase the use and effectiveness of regional and local climate information Involvement in CPC team activities; local studies, conditional probabilities, and statistical downscaling; feedback for product requirements; product development; testbed participation.

16. 16 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Role of Regional & Field Offices Goal 4: Conduct outreach to regional and local decisionmakers and users of climate services products

17. 17 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NWS CLIMATE SERVICES Role of Regional & Field Offices Goal 5: Establish strong partnerships with the climate community to facilitate collaborations in the delivery of regional and local climate services

18. 18 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NOAA Climate Transition Program (NCTP) – Developed in collaboration with OAR/OGP – Develops a deliberate bridge for research to applications Proposal process Climate-sensitive research Transition to applications Provides funding Open to all For expanding regional/local climate services NOAA Climate Transition Program Research to Applications

19. 19 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Decision- makers Prototype Development Transfer to Operations Problem Identification Education/ Outreach Research Operations Extension NOAA Climate Transition Program Unit Model

20. 20 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Criteria for Proposal Clearly defined roles Research Operations Decisionmaker Extension Defined participant contributions NOAA Climate Transition Program Unit Model

21. 21 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Criteria for Proposal cont’d Formal agreement between participants Statement of duration and timeline Benefit analysis (socio-economic and other quantative analyses, ecosystem benefits, etc.) Address post audit (validation, verification, refinement, maintenance) Expected outcome clearly defined NOAA Climate Transition Program Unit Model

22. 22 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Managed by NOAA Climate Office Program manager Cross line office Advisory Panel; NCO Director is approving official Priorities set by Climate Board in response to recommendations from regions Letter of Intent in response to Request for Proposal Submission of Proposal Review Scaled recommendations of merit reviewers Funding allocations Recommendations of Advisory Panel Benefits to regional/local climate-sensitive decisionmaking processes NOAA Climate Transition Program Proposal Process

23. 23 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION NCTP provides a NOAA backbone for Cores for Regional Collaboration Collaborate on projects for transition of regional products (including NCTP projects) Build on existing partnerships (eg, in the west, RISA’s, CPC, CDC, WRCC) and develop new ones (WRHQ) Channel regional climate information into useful regional and local products Data and information sharing Quality control NOAA Climate Transition Program What’s next?

24. 24 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Climate Cores CORE SCs RCC NOAA Federal research Oversight/management NWS NESDIS NOS NMFS OAR RISAs Non-profit Private Sector Extension Academia State entities Federal operations PPI County Offices

25. 25 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Share regional/local science Review consistencies across regions Identify policy issuesEstablish collaborations Identify operational issuesSet planning guidelines Facilitate transition of research to operations Communicate funding opportunities Maintain dialogue for regional issues Make recommendations for regional/local priorities Climate Cores

26. 26 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION A 3-step process –Gather information, needs Regional conferences Domain defined by issues, not politics –Develop a capacity for working Research Funding Transfer Operations Extension –Delivery and improvement Climate Cores

27. 27 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Synergistic Core Development Time New RISA Development Core Meetings FYO6 Frequency

28. 28 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Summary Climate Services – in the national spotlight NWS – perfectly poised to deliver climate services Implementing climate services Developing partnerships NOAA – leadership role in climate services NCTP provides a mechanism for transfer of research to operations with funding attached Climate Cores – enabling collaborations with regional and local climate communities

29. 29 OCWWS -- CLIMATE SERVICES DIVISION Thank You