1 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic Framework Scott A. Hausman Acting Director NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) December 10, 2010

2 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 2 Overview Background of the Climate Service Progress to date NAPA Recommendations Proposed Organization Vision, Mission and Objectives Core Capabilities and Societal Challenges Feedback on Strategic Framework Regional Climate Service Directors Next Steps Data Management Challenges

3 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 3 Background: February 8 th DOC – NOAA Announcement “…NOAA’s intent to establish a new office called the NOAA Climate Service. This would create a single office for climate science and service bringing together the climate assets and capabilities that are currently dispersed in multiple units across the agency.” “We are announcing the intent to reorganize existing assets to make NOAA’s Climate Services more responsive to the needs of those who use our services. While additional funds will be needed to increase NOAA’s core climate capabilities going forward to meet growing demands, the proposed reorganization is independent of new resources.” “The proposed reorganization would retain the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research recognizing the unique importance of a dedicated science and research enterprise with in NOAA.” - Joint press conference with Secretary Gary Locke and Under Secretary Jane Lubchenco

4 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 4 Progress Since February Interagency collaborations Hired 6 Regional Climate Services Directors (RCSDs) and completed plans for early activities Completion of National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) Study requested by Congress Development of draft reprogramming package Development of Vision and Strategic Framework document Written by NOAA senior climate science and service managers and practitioners from across the line offices Distributed for public comment

5 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 5 NAPA Recommendations 1. Administration Recommendations The Administration should strengthen and expand interagency coordination structures tasked with aligning Executive Branch climate resources, and designate a lead agency A Climate Service in NOAA would be uniquely qualified to serve the public and private sectors as a lead federal agency for climate research and services, and to provide an ongoing accessible, authoritative clearinghouse for all federal science and services related to climate 2. NOAA Organizational Recommendations A new Climate Service Line Office is the right organizational design choice Science and service assets should be combined within one Line Office NAPA’s overall proposed Line Office structure aligns with the NOAA-DOC proposal 3. NOAA Implementation Recommendations Establish transitional leadership focused on implementation and change management Learn from examples of recent large reorganizations, in particular within the defense and security communities

6 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 6 NAPA Proposal

7 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 7 Regional Climate Service Directors Doug Kluck Kansas City, Missouri DeWayne Cecil Salt Lake City, Utah Ellen Mecray Bohemia, New York David Brown Fort Worth, Texas John Marra Honolulu, Hawaii Ja mes Partain Anchorage, Alaska

8 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 8 Climate Service Vision and Mission Vision By providing science and services, the Climate Service envisions an informed society capable of anticipating and responding to climate and its impacts. Mission Improve understanding and prediction of changes in climate and promote a climate-resilient society by: Monitoring climate trends, conducting research, and developing models to strengthen our knowledge of the changing climate and its impacts on our physical, economic, and societal systems Providing authoritative and timely information products and services about climate change, climate variability, and impacts Informing decision making and management at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels The Climate Service delivers products and services in collaboration with public, private, and academic partners to maximize social, economic, and environmental benefits.

9 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 9 Climate Service Objectives Consistent with Climate objectives from NOAA’s Next Generation Strategic Plan (public comment period closed) Improved understanding of the changing climate system and its impacts Integrated assessment of current and future states of the climate system that identify potential impacts and inform science, services, and decisions Mitigation and adaptation choices supported by sustained, reliable, and timely climate services A climate-literate public that understands its vulnerabilities to a changing climate and makes informed decisions.

Information Delivery and Decision Support NOAA uses its national and regional infrastructure to deliver climate services today Assessments of Climate Change and Impacts NOAA is a leader in national and regional climate impact assessments Over 70% of Federal IPCC AR4 WG1 authors were from NOAA Climate Change Research and Modeling International award winning models of the global climate Climate Observations and Monitoring NOAA operates over 90 observation and monitoring systems NOAA is mandated to monitor and provide access to climate data and information Security Forestry Water Health Infrastructure Oceans Other Energy Land Management Global NOAA commits to providing critical assets in science and service to a Federal partnership Federal Response to the nation’s climate challenges NOAA’s Assets Partnerships & Collaboration *Representative Organizations & Sectors * *

Regional Climate Science Other agencies (e.g., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Dept. of Interior, Dept. of Agriculture, National Science Foundation & other USGCRP agencies) Etc… Regional Integrated Science & Assessments (RISA) NOAA Labs Sea Grant Cooperative Institutes Applied Research Centers Data Centers Regional Climate Services Partnerships Weather Forecast Offices Sea Grant Education & Extension Marine Sanctuaries, Monuments & Estuarine Reserves River Forecast Centers Data Centers DOC Commerce Connect (in development) Other agencies (e.g., National Science Foundation, Dept. of Education, Health & Human Services, Dept. of Energy, Dept of Interior, Dept of Agriculture) Dept. of Agriculture Extension State Climatologists Federal Protect Area Programs USGCRP Climate Literacy Partners Etc… State and Local Engagement, Education & Service Delivery Federal Regional Climate Service Enterprise Connecting Science, Services and People NOAA Regional Climate Service Programs Weather Service Regions Regional Climate Centers Coastal Services Center River Forecast Centers Regional Collaboration Teams Data Centers Relevant Regional Offices from other agencies (e.g., Environmental Protection Agency, Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Interior, Health and Human Services, Dept. of Transportation, Dept of Energy, etc.) USER ENGAGEMENT Development, Delivery & Evaluation of Products & Tools Understanding and Translating User Needs Informing Program Requirements USER ENGAGEMENT Development, Delivery & Evaluation of Products & Tools Understanding and Translating User Needs Informing Program Requirements Government Private Sector Academia NGO’s 11

12 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE Climate Service Core Capabilities Address Societal Challenges

13 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 13 Feedback on Strategic Framework Following is a summary of the main themes of the feedback, without addressing NOAA’s response Organization Change the name from NCS Revisit inclusion of Climate Prediction Center Consider a core capability around “Predictions and Projections” Revisit fifth societal challenge Importance of Federal interagency partnerships, relationship to USGCRP Focus Role and importance of basic research and academia Prioritization: Balance long versus short term, user-driven versus NOAA-driven Increase focus on and partnership with socio-economic sciences Importance of private sector engagement Increase specificity and detail, especially regarding delivery More focus on downscaling, seasonal prediction, regional & state-level services Better balance climate “variability” and “change”

14 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 14 Next Steps Finalize Vision and Strategic Framework document Engage Congress on the reprogramming package Pending approval, implement the Climate Service

15 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE Top Data Management Challenges Disclaimer: Very NCDC, Data Center Center View

16 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE Acquisition Filling & Maintaining the Climate Record Rescuing Existing Data from Obscurity Digitizing the data we have; exploiting new technologies to accelerate efforts (OCR, crowd sourcing) Incentivizing data sharing; working with international community (WMO, IEDRO) to educate on economic benefits Observing Weather to Climate Accuracy Increasing the accuracy and resolution to support regional climate trend detection (reference network) Support to regional weather and climate services Safeguarding continuity of satellite record NOAA Programs Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP) US Climate Reference Network (USCRN) Regional US Historical Climate Network (RUSHCN) ESRL Observing Systems Climate Sensors (CERES, TSIS, OMPS-Limb)

17 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE RUSHCN 60 RUSHCN stations deployed in Southwest region as of 30 Sep more station deployments planned in FY11 to complete region Surveys in West region to begin with kick-off meeting in February Fully deployed RUSHCN network to consist of 538 stations in nine U.S. Climate Regions Near Tropic, Utah Kodachrome Basin State Park

18 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE Archival Preserving & Stewarding the Climate Record Preserving NOAA Enterprise Assets Establishing policies and directives (and organization culture) that support routine, disciplined data management Develop an agile IT infrastructure that enables transparent data management (GEO-IDE) Stewarding Data for Reuse Institutionalize as part of acquisition process (NAO ) Enterprise metadata solutions (ISO, standard tools) Critical to machine-to-machine application NOAA Programs Comprehensive Large Array Stewardship System (CLASS) Climate Data Records (CDR) Global Historical Climate Record (GHCN) Int’l Comprehensive Ocean- Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS)

19 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 19 Maturity Matrix 19 Where can products easily be found? What original observations were used in the product? What methods were used to create the product? How do we ensure authenticity of the product? Climate Portal Climate Portal Digital Signature Sensor Use Algorithm stability Metadata & QA DocumentationValidation Public Release Science & Applications How long and widely used is this type of sensor? Are algorithms under configuration management and how mature? How full and complete are the metadata and quality assessment? Is the Operational Algorithm Description full, complete, and peer reviewed? How complete is the validation? Are the data, algorithms and software open and available to the Public? How extensive is the peer reviewed literature and how varied are the applications? What original observations were used in the product? What methods were used to create the product?

20 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 20 Using the Maturity Matrix to Assess Progress NOAA’s Climate Data Record (CDR) Program is working with scientists on the routine production of climate information A self assessment by those scientists provides a first measure of how the climate community is doing in meeting criteria for openness, process and transparency Results show moderate levels of maturity and more work needed in particular on metadata and documentation

21 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE Access Services Free, Open and Transparent Data Availability Free and Open Access Eliminate charges for on-line digital data requests Base largely on portals today… Improved Metadata for Discoverability Data Integration to Support On- going National Assessments On-line reports; transparent access to data sources, processing code and publications Partnering with other Federal Agencies will be critical Leveraging best practices from industry and other disciplines NOAA Programs NOAA Climate Service Portal (NCSP) NOAA Climate Model Portal (NCMP) National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)

22 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE NOAA Climate Services Portal Climate.gov Goal: One-stop access for NOAA’s climate information Multiple audiences so multiple avenues to access information ClimateWatch Magazine Data and Services Understanding Climate Education Climate Dashboard

23 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE 23 NOAA Climate Model Portal Follow-on to National Operational Model Archive and Distribution System (NOMADS) User growth phenomenal: 5-7 Million downloads THREDDS Data Server Unidata TDS Alpha testsite Live Access Server (LAS) Cited as US-GEO and NOAA GEO-IDE pilot to advance Partnerships: NASA ACCESS and OGC. GO-ESSP New Java-based modular design being developed Expands NOMADS to serve climate model data and re-analysis

24 DAARWG Update – Climate Service Strategic FrameworkDecember 10, 2010 THE CLIMATE SERVICE Questions? Thank You…