r & d breakout group
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Input to SECOORA Business Plan (Jacksonville, July 27-28, 2005) . R & D Breakout Group. R & D Operations Objectives: Current. Model evaluation and improvement Circulation, waves, storm surge, sediments Operation vision: what is it? And, how to get there? National backbone coordination - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
R & D Breakout Group
Input to SECOORA Business Plan
(Jacksonville, July 27-28, 2005)
R & D Operations Objectives: Current
• Model evaluation and improvement– Circulation, waves, storm surge, sediments
• Operation vision: what is it? And, how to get there?
• National backbone coordination– Design strategy to engage & coordinate design
• Need additional observations– Esp. benthic and biological
• User communications– Needs assessment, demonstrate utility to users,
plan link to Enterprise Architecture
R & D Operations Objectives: Year 1
• Systems assessment– Error bars, sensitivity analysis
• Short term demonstration– Sediment transport, CODAE, S+R
• Regional coordination– w/ Feds, users, industry– Research thrusts
• Coastal hazards– Waves, storm surge, rip currents
• Biological observations (fisheries, biology)• Observation technology assessment
– Gliders, AUVs, bottoms sensors
R & D Operations Objectives: Year 2-5
• Develop & test (quasi)operational nowcast/forecast system– Currents, storm surge, waves, tides, inundation, ecosystems
• Data management– Enterprise and region
• Scientific analysis– Annual and interannual trends, cross-shelf exchange– SECOORA-wide ecosystem analysis
• Sensors and observations– Full-fledged biological/chemical monitoring– CO2 air-sea exchange
• Education– Graduate degrees in operational oceanography– Train next generation w/COOS technology
R & D Infrastructure: Current
• Inventory of existing sensor capabilities– biosensors, seafloor mapping, etc.
• Inventory of communication infrastructure– Satellite, telemetry, etc.
• Test/gain experience with sensors (bio, HF radar) and offshore observing systems (buoy, platforms, Explorer of the Sea/ships of opp.)
• Models (early quasi-operational capability)– Data assimilation, GRID technologies, OSSE’s,
metrics, standardization
R & D Infrastructure: 1 year
• Sensor and obs tech development– Short term: profilers, acoustics, etc.
• Testbeds– computation (GRID, lambda-rail)– sensors
• Seafloor mapping (habitats, benthic dynamics)
• Better dialogue and coordination– Sharing capabilities and personnel– Develop cost estimates
R & D Infrastructure: 2-5 year
• Sensor and observational technology developments– HF radar, bio and water quality, metazoan
detection, seafloor/seabed, air-sea, etc.
• Expand coverage (geographically & data type)– Acoustic arrays, biosensors, seafloor mapping
• Distributed modeling center to share resources (models, data, computers)
• Better dialogue and coordination of build-out activities to achieve cost reduction, etc.
R & D Relationships and Procedures: Current
State• Poor communication in general (sub-
region, region, between regions)• Little support for:
– Fisheries, sediment transport, HF Radar tests, data management strategies
• However, there exist developing communications:– Between R-COOS and Federal Backbone
R & D Relationships and Procedures: 1 year
• Links at national level (ACT, OMB, OSTP, CEQ, ORION, OOI, etc.)
• Links at local level (State, County, Water Districts, etc.)
• Coordinate R&D efforts (regional plan, establish a committee/consortium)
• Develop relationship with non-traditional funding sources (NIH, foundations, etc.)
R & D Relationships and Procedures: 2-5 year
• Expand/develop links with:– Private sector (commercial &
recreational fishing, IT, Instrument manufacturers, etc.)
– Academia (Applied sciences, Advanced materials)
– Feds (Fisheries, MMS, Emergency management, etc.)
• Expand/build interoperability (R&D with other regions)
R & D Resource Arrangements: Current
• Internal (RA) coordination needed– Models, data collection, grant applications
• Funding issues– User needs should drive– Stabilize support, simplify admin– Fisheries as a source of support
• External coordination– Ocean US role, other Feds
• Specific resource needs– Biosensors, computer resources, AUVs, bottom
maps
R & D Resource Arrangements: 1 year
• Regional resource coordination– Infrastructure, shiptime, proposals, testbeds
• Federal Support– Ship access and funding, MOU’s (speed process)
• Expert Assessments of– COOS R&D, models, sensors (incl. bio/geo/chem)
• Peer review within RA– Drives resource allocation
• Subregional assessments– For gaps, duplication
R & D Resource Arrangements: 2-5 years
• Sources of resources– NMFS, States, Industry, other Feds (NSF, MMS, ?)
• R&D Administration– Shared technical staff, asset inventory, R&D needs
• Observing System needs– Central calib. Facility, bio & chem sensor development
• Education– Improve engineering education in SE– Introduce Operational Oceanography in SE curricula
R & D: Comments
• Education– Needs to be highlighted and is a long term needs
• MOU’s a good approach– Do at regional level– Leverage resources
• Oceans Act in FL– Will coordinate all oceans activity in FL
• Coastal research by state agencies, universities, all that they can.
R & D: Gaps
• Adopt system engineering approach to design obs. System– Have meetings w/ NASA (and NWS Operational Met offices) to see
how they do it• CLARUS under FHWA as an example in NWS
– Invited speaker at next meeting ot explain– Training sessions
• Sys engineering thoughts– Requires engineers to be involved– Salaries need to be addressed: mismatch of marine science vs.
engineering• We need to know more about what it means
– Alpha to omega considerations• Regional system engineering caveat
– can only be done by licensed engineer in FL• But can do systems eng. approach w/out being a system
engineer
R & D: Gaps
• Biological Chemical sensors– Need coordinated efforts, external & internal to RA
• Communicate outside region– Sensors development – Need fed level coordination efforts
• NFRA leads?, Ocean.US engagement as Obs & Modeling groups similar to DMAC
• Talent/Expertise inventory is needed– Who does what? People are most expensive resource
• Encourage existing research programs to coordinate w/ obs. programs– Funding agencies require/encourage coord. w/ ongoing obs
systems into RFPs– Researchers able to use COOS data– Share/coordinate infrastructure (gliders, ships, etc.)
R & D: Gaps
• Expand utility of current sensors– Harden current sensor technologies– Use existing sensors to address different dynamics
• R&D on experimental design / novel applications – New algorithms to get new measurements from
current sensors• E.g., waves from HF radar
• Data policy– Who can use, when, etc.?– SECOORA measurements publicly, routinely
available• Intellectual property rights
– Open source software
R & D Breakout Group
Summary
R&D - 1
• Need additional observations (esp. biology, chem, water quality, benthic/seafloor)
• Distributed modeling center to share resources (models, data, computers)
• Short term demonstrations (testbeds, e.g., storm surge, waves, sediment, fisheries) to – assess capabilities (full suite of sensors,
transmission, observing system components, data management and archival)
– determine additional/longterm R&D needs
R&D - 2
• Coordinate R&D efforts (regional plan, establish a committee/consortium) – include national (Federal) through local (State through County) agencies, use of MOU’s as a effective way for collaboration.
• Expand/develop links with:– Private sector (commercial & recreational fishing,
IT, Instrument manufacturers, etc.)– Academia (Applied sciences, Advanced
materials)
R&D - 3
• Adopt system engineering approach to design obs. System– Experience w/ NASA and NWS
Operational Met offices– Establish workshops
• Better dialogue and coordination– Sharing capabilities and personnel– Develop cost estimates
R&D - 4
• Scientific analysis– Annual and interannual trends, cross-shelf
exchange– SECOORA-wide ecosystem analysis
• Expand coverage (geographically & data type – many gaps in both)– Acoustic arrays, biosensors, seafloor
mapping
R&D - 5
• Education– Graduate degrees in operational
oceanography– Train next generation w/COOS technology