NOAA Climate Program Office Richard D. Rosen Senior Advisor for Climate Research

1. NOAA Climate Program Office Richard D. Rosen Senior Advisor for Climate Research CICS Science Meeting College Park, MD September 9, 2010

2. NOAA’s Climate Program Office National Ocean Service (NOS) Climate Program Office Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) National Weather Service (NWS) National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service (NESDIS)

3. A Strategic Approach to Climate Programs NOAA Labs & Centers Strategic linkages Strategic linkages NOAA Climate Program Office External institutional relationships Competitive Grants Strategic linkages • CPOintegratesand coordinates Federal, academic, private, and international partners into acomprehensive, strategic approachto providing climate research and services for the nation.

4. CPO Grant Programs

5. Select CPO Funding Opportunities FY2011Proposals are due Sept. 10, 2010

6. Transitioning to a NOAA Climate Service

8. Proposed NOAA Climate Service

9. National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) Study NOAA is seeking assistance from NAPA in studying and analyzing “organizational options for the creation of a national Climate Service within NOAA, with an emphasis on maximizing effectiveness and efficiency.” - FY10 Appropriations Language 180 Days (September 13) Final NAPA Report 90 Days Second Progress Report - preliminary findings and early recommendations 120 Days Interim Report 1-preliminary findings and early recommendations 150 Days Interim Report 2 –Draft Final findings & recommendations 60 Days First Progress Report - preliminary findings NAPA Contract Signed March 19 NAPA Study NAPA 1st Panel Meeting (May 4) NAPA 2nd Panel Meeting (June 28) NAPA 3rd Panel Meeting (August 6) • Three NAPA Roundtables: • Interagency • Academic Partners • State/local, private sector NAPA Online Dialog on Climate Services (June 14-28)

10. NOAA’s Next Generation Strategic Plan • Long-term goal: Climate Adaptation and Mitigation • OBJECTIVES (in review) • Improved understanding of the changing climate system and its impacts • Assessments integrating across current and future states of the climate system that identify potential impacts and inform science, services, and decisions • Mitigation and adaptation choices supported by sustained, reliable, and timely climate services • A climate-literate public that understands its vulnerabilities to a changing climate and makes informed decisions

11. NCS Vision and Mission • Vision Statement • By providing science and services, the NCS envisions an informed society capable of anticipating and responding to climate and its impacts • Mission Statement • Improve understanding and prediction of changes in climate and promote a climate-resilient society

12. Core Capabilities • NCS core capabilities are critical building blocks for NCS to meet the growing demands by society for new and enhanced climate services: • Understanding and Modeling • Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, and Climate Monitoring • Integrated Service Development and Decision Support

13. CPO Alignment to NOAA Climate Service • Observing Systems, Data Stewardship, and Climate Monitoring Climate Observations and Monitoring Program Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections Program Earth System Science Program • Understanding and Modeling • Integrated Service Development and Decision Support Climate & Societal Interactions Program National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Communications & Education

14. NCS Societal Challenges • Climate Impacts on Water Resources – Anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to drought and flooding • Example User Groups: water resource managers, civil engineers, farmers, emergency management officials, USBR, USDA, USACE, etc • Coasts and Climate Resilience – Local sea-level rise and inundation • Example User Groups: coastal and emergency managers, NOS, FEMA, USACE, USGS, HUD, MSP • Sustainability of Marine Ecosystems – Integration of climate information into management of large marine ecosystems (e.g. California Current) • Example User Groups: NMFS, states, NOS, FWS,USBR, fisheries management councils

15. NCS Societal Challenges • Changes in the Extremes of Weather and Climate – Regional information to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to extremes in a changing climate • Example User Groups: emergency managers, state and local officials, energy industry, resource managers, city planners, insurance industry • Informing Climate Policy Options – Emissions of short and long-lived species and GHG management strategies • Example User Groups: policy makers, energy industry, EPA, DOE, state and local communities, State Dept.

16. Implementation Architecture Sustain-ability of Marine Ecosystems Coasts and Climate Resilience Climate Impacts on Water Resources Changes in the Extremes of Weather and Climate Informing Climate Policy Options Societal Challenges Integrated Service Development & Decision Support Service Research Observing Systems, Data Stewardship & Climate Monitoring Core Capabilities Understanding & Modeling