NOAA Climate Services Portal Goals and Objectives

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NOAA Climate Services PortalGoals and Objectives

• Goal
• Develop one-stop Web portal for discovery
  delivery of NOAAs climate information,
  resources, and services
• Objectives
• Enhance the discoverability, accessibility and
  usability of climate data, products, services
• Enhance interoperability and leveraging of
  software and products
• Implement metadata standards
• Promote a user focused view and consistent
  delivery of climate services across NOAA

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Overview

• The NCSP will be user/audience focused, with four
  primary user-based components
• Climate data and services
• Climate science magazine
• Climate education
• Climate change progress
• Development of the NCSP is currently underway
  courtesy of donated effort from four NOAA Line
  Offices
• Three workshops held thus far Asheville NC
  (NCDC) in Aug 08 Charleston SC (NOS) in Dec 08,
  Silver Spring MD (NWS CPO) in Jun 09.
• Initial release (FY09/10) will include two of
  these four (above) components
• No current funding. FY11-15 funding requested as
  budget alternative.

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NCS Portal Phase 1 Participating
Offices(sponsors in blue)

• National Weather Service
• Climate Prediction Center
• Climate Services Division
• Office of the CIO
• National Environmental, Satellite, Data and
  Information Service
• National Climatic Data Center, including the IDEA
  Center
• NOAA Regional Climate Centers
• Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
• NOAA Climate Program Office
• Earth System Research Lab
• National Ocean Service
• Coastal Services Center
• NOAA Office of the CIO
• NOAA Office of Education
• NOAA Information Architect, Office of the Under
  Secretary

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Management

• Program Manager Eileen Shea (NESDIS/NCDC)
• Sponsors/Executive Management Team
• Program Manager (Shea)
• David Caldwell, Director, NWS Office of Climate,
  Water, and Weather Services
• Margaret Davidson, Director, NOS Coastal Services
  Center
• Wayne Higgins, Director, NWS Climate Prediction
  Center
• Thomas Karl, Director, NESDIS National Climatic
  Data Center
• Chester Koblinsky, Director, NOAA Climate Program
  Office
• Governance Team Co-Chairs/Project Managers
• Neal Lott (NCDC), James Boyd (Coastal Services
  Center)

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Phase 1 Prototype

• NOAA Climate Services (NCS) portal homepage
• NCS data and services component
• NCS climate science magazine component
• FGDC/ISO-compliant metadata for data/products
• Leveraging NIDIS (Drought Portal) technology and
  servers
• Very limited content/scope for Phase 1
  prototype/demonstration
• Online release to public in Fall 2009

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Deliverables

• Phase 1 (FY09-10) Prototype
• NOAA Climate Services (NCS) portal homepage
• NCS Data and Services component
• NCS Climate Science Magazine component
• FGDC/ISO-compliant metadata for data/products
• Technical documentation sufficient to manage and
  evolve the initial version of the portal in the
  future
• Online to public (very limited content) in Fall
  2009
• Phase 2 (FY11 and beyond, requires funding)
• Continued development and enhancement of each
  Phase 1 component with additional datasets,
  products, and services
• NCS Climate Education component
• NCS Climate Science Progress component

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Climate Portal Concept Centralized Access,
Decentralized Process
Public facing
Climate Portal Page
Office/Center Home Pages
Climate Science Magazine
Climate Progress Page
Climate Education Page
Data Services Page
For everyone
For Peers Users
For Policy Leaders Peers
For Public Continuum, Media Peers
For Educators, Students Publishers
Audience Expert
Subject Expert
Medium Expert
NOAA Data, Models, Services
Climate Science Community
Internal Collaborations
NOAA Comm, Ed Council, Public Affairs, Leg
Affairs, etc.
Partnerships
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Data and Services Climate at a Glance
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Data and Services Outlooks and Monitoring
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Data and Services States and Regions
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Data and Services User Applications
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Data and Services Data Library
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Climate Science Magazine
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Status and Issues

• Status
• Very enthusiastic support from all participants
• On target for Fall 2009 online release of Phase 1
  prototype
• Reality donated resources result in impacts
  to other projects limited timeframe for this
  mode of operation
• Issues/Risks
• Metadata are critical Engaging CIOs and LOs to
  stress importance
• Scope creep Phased requirements to manage
  priorities
• Budget Not yet funded. FY10 request submitted
  to program manager (Shea).
• Alternative/Result if not successful
• Continue with disconnected and often
  undiscoverable data, information, and services
  across NOAA