6112021 National Weather Service Science and Technology Infusion

6/11/2021 National Weather Service Science and Technology Infusion Plan Meeting Overview NWS S&T Committee September 17, 2002 Paul Hirschberg Office of Science & Technology 1

6/11/2021 Outline ü Meeting Purpose ü STIP Purpose ü Development Process and Management ü Requested Committee Decisions ü Next Steps and Timeline 2

6/11/2021 Meeting Purpose ü Committee Review of NWS S&T Infusion Plan (STIP) ü Decisions Requested: Endorsement of STIP • Roadmaps and Thrusts • Corporate Use • Management and Update Process 3

STIP Purpose 6/11/2021 ü Support NWS Operational Product, Service, and Effectiveness Improvement Needs by: • Defining S&T Solutions and Needs • Identifying S&T Opportunities • Advancing Corporate S&T Investment Thrusts • Establishing Framework for End-to-End, Research to Operations S&T Planning and Execution including: § Planning Programming Budgeting Executing • Defining processes/mechanisms to accelerate S&T Infusion in disciplined, cost-effective manners 4

STIP Purpose 6/11/2021 Place in Planning Universe Plans must be consistent and Linked to Strategic Plans Infrastructure Plan (OOS/CIO) Products & Services Plan (OS) STIP (OST) NOAA Strategic Plan NWS Strategic Plans (SPP) Operations Concept Plan (OS/SPP) Workforce & Training Plan (CFO/OS) 5

6/11/2021 STIP Decisions to Date ü August 2001 Corporate Board Meeting • Focus on NWS “Today and Next” (Next Ten Years) ü February 2002 Corporate Board Meeting • STIP Planning Strategy Approved ØForm “Mc. Carthy” Teams to Execute (OST/OHD Lead) ü March 2002 Joint NWS/OAR/NESDIS S&T Review • OAR & NESDIS Agree to participate 6

STIP Development Process 6/11/2021 Task ü Define “Plan of Attack” for NWS Today (2003 – 2007) • Evaluate gaps in performance • Identify gap causes • Define gap fillers and needs Use SPIG and Other Plans and Evaluations as Guide • Scope costs ü Propose Performance Measure Targets for NWS Next (2012) • Identify outstanding/additional S&T/R&D needs ü Develop Roadmaps from Today to Next 7

6/11/2021 STIP Development Process Roadmaps Aviation Hydrology Severe Wx. Tropical Marine Winter Wx. Climate Fire Wx Air Qual. Observations Numerical Prediction Integrated Solutions Across Service/Science Areas Forecast Applications Dissemination IT Architecture 8

STIP Development Process 6/11/2021 Evaluation and Planning Performed by Cross-NOAA Teams Service-Science • Aviation • Marine/Coastal - Extratropical - Tropical • Climate • Public - Severe Local Storms - Winter Weather - Fire Weather • Hydrology • Air Quality Cross-Cutting Solutions • Observations • Data Assimilation/NWP • Forecast Applications • Dissemination • IT Architecture 9

STIP Management 6/11/2021 Team Representatives üNWS • OST / OHD (Lead) ØInfusion • OCWWS ØCustomer needs, service priorities • CIO ØIT Architecture • Field Ø Needs & Expertise üOAR Ø S&T Solutions ü NESDIS Ø Satellite Solutions ü NOS ØOcean solutions 10

6/11/2021 STIP Management Moving Toward Matrix Management NOS AA NESDIS AA NWS AA OAR AA Corporate Board S&T Committee OST Director SEC Chief Operations Committee SPP Director OCWWS Director Service Program Chiefs PPD Chief SPB Chief Observations Team Aviation Team Numerical Prediction Team Climate Team Forecast Applications Team Marine Team Dissemination Team Hydrology Team IT Architecture Team Public 11

6/11/2021 STIP Management Consistent with NOAA PRT Report 12

6/11/2021 Agenda September 17 8: 00 Opening Remarks (Hayes) 8: 15 Meeting Overview and STIP Introduction (Hirschberg) 9: 45 Hydrology (Fulton) 10: 15 Break 10: 30 Aviation (Johnston) 11: 00 Severe Weather (Melendez) 11: 30 Winter Weather (Contorno) 12: 00 Lunch 1: 00 Marine (Savadel) 1: 30 Tropical (Melendez) 2: 00 Fire Weather (Davidson) 2: 30 Break 2: 45 Climate (Zhou) 3: 15 Air Quality (Davidson) 3: 45 Group Discussion (Hayes) 4: 30 Day 1 Wrapup 13

6/11/2021 Agenda (con’t) September 18 8: 00 Observations (Helms) 8: 30 Data Assimilation/Numerical Prediction (Mc. Queen) 9: 00 Forecast Applications (Lenihan) 9: 30 IT Architecture (Lenihan/Barna) 10: 15 Break 10: 30 Roundtable Discussion (Staley) - Recap - Potential S&T Investment Strategies - Infinity Exercise - Strengths/Weaknesses - Actions/Next Steps 12: 00 Wrap Up (Hayes) 14

6/11/2021 Decisions Requested Approval of STIP as Living Plan/Process ü Team Roadmaps ü Integrated Investment Thrusts ü Corporate use of the STIP as • Framework for Managing S&T Infusion Process from Planning to Programming to Budgeting to Executing ü STIP Management and Update Process • Matrix Teams with S&T Committee Oversight • Continually Updated as Programs Evolve and Decisions Reached by Corp. Board Committees • Major Annual S&T Committee Review 15

6/11/2021 STIP Next Steps “Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable” Dwight D. Eisenhower ü Develop/Link to Program, Budget, and Execution Plans • Link to Strategic Plans • Develop New/Link to Existing Program Plans • Develop FY 05 Initiatives ü Living plan(s) will reside in OST database • User-friendly, web-based interface and applications ü Strengthen Corporate Links Across NOAA 16

6/11/2021 Timeline ü S&T Committee Review– Sept. , 2002 ü OAR/NESDIS Review – Sept. , 2002 ü Corporate Board – Oct. , 2002 ü Integrate with NOAA Strategic Plan – Dec. , 2002 ü AMS Meeting/Publication – Winter 2003 ü FY 05 Initiatives – Spring 2003 ü Update Continually, Major Review Annually 17