Prepared by Partners of NOAAs National Height Modernization
Prepared by Partners of NOAA’s National Height Modernization Program November 16, 2007
Partner representatives: • • • Roy Dokka, Louisiana Garey Gilley, Texas Gary Jeffress, Texas David Mooneyhan, Mississippi Gary Thompson, North Carolina Joseph Monroe, North Carolina Matt Wellslager, South Carolina David Steele, Washington John Canas, California David Moyer, Wisconsin
Why we are here 1) 2) 3) 4) We are partners for NOAA’s Height Modernization program including representatives from state and local governments, academia and the private sector We are here to report on the activities and successes of this program and to offer our continued encouragement for support of this critical program which cuts across all NOAA’s mission goals We have accomplished a lot but there is much work yet to do. We want to continue dialog with NOAA to find the best way we can help support in meeting the mission goals of NOAA, and serve our common constituents We would like to have your input and recommendations about the direction we are going with the program and what more we can do
1) NSRS Supports GEOSS by providing positioning infrastructure for monitoring effects of climate change, like sea level rise, through the CORS program GPS-Met Water vapor studies - fundamental to understanding the formation and propagation of weather; enhances capability for improved weather forecasting Monitoring land velocities, effects of ground water extraction due to adverse affects of climate change; crustal motion (earthquakes, subsidence, uplift) Accurate flood plain elevations to prepare for large rainfall events What Height Modernization Brings to NOAA’s Climate Goal 2) 3) 4)
What Height Modernization Brings to 1) NOAA’s Ecosystem Goal: Ecosystem Restoration Surface Elevation Tables (SETs) connection to NSRS • Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge – sea level rising at 3. 5 mm per year 2) Emergency response • Forest fires – providing accurate 3 D digital mapping • Flooding – hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes & heavy rainfall events • Earthquakes – crustal movement 3) Precision agriculture – CORS network provides geospatial information to allow for • More efficient effective application of fertilizers/pesticides, irrigation • Increased crop production; minimal negative Environmental impact • Soil nutrient management •
What Height Modernization Brings More accurate geospatial information for to NOAA’s Weather and Water Goal Developing inundation and • • storm surge models for more accurate flood prediction Local forecasts and warnings for extreme weather events using tide gauge and CORS data Heights on levees/dunes/dams/streams Flood damage mitigation, reservoir management
Common consistent geospatial data for 1) Accurate GIS Mapping 2) Emergency response information 3) Under keel and overhead clearance for ships/ GPS buoys 4) Accurate vertical datum for ship channel maintenance and dredging 5) Airport obstruction surveys 6) Hurricane Routes What Height Modernization Brings to NOAA’s Commerce & Transportation Goal
Building local capacity/partnerships HM Partners are helping NOAA with: • State Geodetic Surveys • State Geodetic Advisor Program • Spatial Reference Centers • Models, Tools: Gravity/geoid model; V-Datum; ionosphere; troposphere; Digital Elevation Models • Education/outreach/technology transfer • Enhance state and local partnerships
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