Strategies & Challenges for NOAA Coastal Ocean Modeling
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Strategies & Challenges for NOAA Coastal Ocean Modeling
.Frank Aikman IIIFrank Aikman III
Coast Survey Development Laboratory Coast Survey Development Laboratory National Ocean ServiceNational Ocean Service
NCEP Ocean Modeling WorkshopJanuary 14-15, 2008
Outline
Concept of Operations
Community Modeling
Coupled Systems
Ecosystem Forecasting
Concept of Operations
• Developing NOAA Strategy
• Pathway from Research to Operations and Applications
Developing NOAA Strategy
Space
Time
Phenomena of Interest
Space
Time
Observing Systems
Observations & OSSEIOOS, NESDIS, OAR, JCSDA
Data Assimilation & OSENESDIS, NWS, OAR, JCSDA
Operational Ocean and Coastal Forecast GuidanceNOS, NWS Ops
Products and Services
Research Operations
Giant Bluefin TunaHAB Bulletin
ENSO Update
Pathway from Research to Operations and Applications
Actively manage these interfaces, through community
modeling partnerships
Research and Development
Academia, IOOS Regional Associations, Research components of NOAA & other Fed Agencies
Private Sector
Evaluation and Testing,
Development, Transition to Operations
OperationsValue Added
Product Development
Community Modeling Approach
• A community approach…– Allows for open discussion of strengths and
weaknesses of different models– Elucidates the requirements of a common shared
infrastructure– Allows model improvements to be shared effectively– Advances the science (research and operations)– Leverages resources and amplifies the voice of the
community
Community Modeling: Barriers, Benefits and Priority Needs
• Barriers– Formats of data and model files– Data and model availability– Lack of documentation– Lack of coordination– Lack of resources
• Benefits– Expanded resources– Credibility– Data exchange– Streamlining research to
operations and model coupling
– Education of user community (risk)
• Priorities– Error metrics and reference datasets– Standards and infrastructure– Engagement and support
Coupled Systems Challenges
Scales: Space: Riverine-Estuarine-Coastal-Basin-Global Time: From Minutes to Synoptic to Seasonal to
Interannual to Decadal to Long-Term Climate
Issues: Software Architecture Formats and Methodologies Standards and Infrastructure Skill Assessment (Metrics)