US IOOS® Contributions toMaritime Security

Integrated Ocean Observing System Program OfficeDepartment of Commerce, NOAA

Suzanne SkelleyDeputy Director

ISR SymposiumWashington, DC

11 June 2013

America’s “Best-Kept ISR Secret”

Climate change Environmental

degradation Ecological disasters Overfishing Illegal migrants Drug and people

smuggling Disruption of the

global supply chain Weapons proliferation Critical infrastructure

interruption Traditional naval threats

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Challenges to Maritime Security

Policy Framework

“The Nation lacks effective mechanisms for incorporating scientific information into decision-making processes in a timely manner.”

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1. Improving national and homeland security

2. Improving predictions (climate, ocean, weather…)

3. Improving safety and efficiency

4.Mitigating the effects of natural hazards

5.Enabling the sustained use of marine resources

6.Protecting/restoring coastal ecosystems

7.Reducing public health risks

We cannot manage or protect what we cannot sense, measure, analyze and communicate!

US IOOS® is…

A national program comprising 17 federal agencies

Numerous partners in academia and industry

Strategically positioned and aligned with: Department of Homeland Security and US Coast Guard

Department of Defense and the US Navy

Broader regional, national and international ocean, coastal and inland water stakeholder groups

4A rising “star” in the Nation’s ISR “constellation”

IOOS® Maritime ISR

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Data Management and

Communications (DMAC) informs

common operating picture

High Frequency radars

Stationary & mobile platforms

Unmanned surface &

profiling gliders

Modeling and analysis

Ocean observatories

Physical Oceanographic

Real-Time System (PORTS®)

Coastal Data Information

Program

IOOS® High Frequency Radar

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HF radars measure speed and direction of ocean surface currents

All-weather effectiveness Horizontal resolutions / ranges vary

Very high resolution – 15 miles Medium resolution – 55 miles Low resolution – 125 miles

Paired HF radars cover 6,000 square miles of ocean surface

Network increased to 132 radars in 2013 from 20 HF radars in 2002

IOOS data management resulted in a national network

DHS funded tests of HF radars for vessel of interest tracking

Collaborations: USCG and DHS / USN

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US Coast Guard

Search and Rescue Optimal

Planning System (SAROPS)

Maritime Wide-Area

Surveillance

Homeland Security and Navy Vessel of interest tracking

complicated by “dark ships”

Open Mongoose

IOOS® Response to SuperStorm Sandy

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IOOS partners’ buoys, gliders and other

sensors generated hourly updates

Wind velocities, wave heights and

periods, water levels

Air and water temperatures

40+ High Frequency Radars

Ocean current data

Information shared with National

Hurricane Center

Generated time critical warnings for

local public officials

Storm path and flooding updates

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IOOS Informs Decisions

IOOS®: No Longer “Best-Kept Secret”

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Innovative use of scarce

resources for the Nation’s

oceanographic ISR needs

Contributes to understanding

and knowledge of oceans,

coastal seas, inland waters

IOOS ISR generates direct

contributions to US Maritime

Security

US IOOS® enables decision-makingand underpins scientific advances.

US IOOS® Points of Contact

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Ms. Zdenka Willis, Director Zdenka.S.Willis@noaa.gov

Ms. Suzanne Skelley, Deputy Director Suzanne.Skelley@noaa.gov

Mr. Carl Gouldman, Division Chief Carl.Gouldman@noaa.gov

Ms. Jennie Lyons, Public Affairs Jennie.Lyons@noaa.gov

http://www.ioos.noaa.gov

Backups

The Maritime Domain Is…

“All areas and things of, on, under, relating to, adjacent to, bordering on or over a sea, ocean, or other navigable waterway, including all maritime related activities, infrastructure, people, cargo, and vessels and other conveyances.”

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National Security Presidential Directive-41

National Security Presidential Directive-41

Maritime Domain Awareness Is…

“…the effective understanding of anything associated with the global maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment of the United States.”

“…enhanced capability to identify threats to the Maritime Domain as early and as distant from our shores as possible by integrating intelligence, surveillance, observation, and navigation systems into a common operating picture accessible throughout the US Government.”

National Security Presidential Directive-41

National Security Presidential Directive-41

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IOOS® “Demand Signal”

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“The ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes provide jobs, food, energy resources, ecological services, recreation, and tourism opportunities, and play critical roles in our Nation’s transportation and trade, as well as the global mobility of our Armed Forces and the maintenance of international peace and security.”

Executive Order 13547Stewardship of the Ocean,

our Coasts and the Great Lakes

Executive Order 13547Stewardship of the Ocean,

our Coasts and the Great Lakes