MAST MODELING AND ANALYSIS STEERING TEAM

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MAST(MODELING AND ANALYSIS STEERING TEAM)
-CREATED IN OCTOBER 2006
-REPORTS TO OCEAN.US

• CHAIRED BY
• CHRIS MOOERS, RSMAS/UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
• CO-CHAIRS
• FRANK AIKMAN AND C.J. BEEGLE-KRAUSE,
• BOTH OF NOAA-NOS
• OUTLINE (MEMBERSHIP, CHARGE, POA)

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MAST MEMBERS

• Frank Aikman, NOAA-NOS-CDL (coastal circulation
  models)
• Richard Alexander, USGS (hydrology)
• C.J. Beegle-Krause, NOAA-NOS-HAZMAT
• Frank Bub, USN-NAVO (operational ocean
  prediction)
• Carl Cerco, USACE (water quality)
• Dale Crockett, TX Water Dev. Bd. (RA) (coastal
  flows)
• John Harding, USN-NAVO (inundation)
• Eileen Hofmann, ODU-PARADIGM (marine ecosystems)
• Anne Hollowed, NOAA-NMFS (RA) (fisheries models)

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MEMBERS (CONTINUED)

• Eoin Howlett, ASA-COASTMAP
• Richard Luettich,UNC-CH (inundation) (RA)
• Chris Mooers, RSMAS (quasi-operational coastal
  ocean prediction) (RA)
• Steve Payne, USN-CNMOC (operational meteorology)
• Michele Rienecker, NASA-GSFC (global
  ocean-climate models)
• Jorge Sarmiento,Princeton (global
  biogeochemistry)
• Fred Toepfer, NOAA-NCEP (operational meteorology)
• John Wilkin, Rutgers (ecosystem dynamics) (RA)
• Tom Malone, OCEAN.US liaison

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MAST CHARGE

• MAST GOAL
• PREPARE ( COORDINATE IMPLEMENTATION OF) A
  STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EXTENDING OPERATIONAL
  APPLICATIONS MODELING CAPABILTIES TO MEET THE
  SEVEN SOCIETAL GOALS OF IOOS

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MAST OBJECTIVES

• ENHANCE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OPERATIONS
  RESEARCH AT NATIONAL REGIONAL LEVELS
• ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN INVENTORY OF
  OPERATIONAL AND RESEARCH MODELS
• ASSESS ADEQUACY OF ( RECOMMEND UPGRADES TO)
  OPERATIONAL AND RESEARCH MODELS IN TERMS OF USER
  NEEDS
• DEVELOP COMMUNITY CONSENSUS FOR A SUPPORTING
  RESEARCH AGENDA

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MAST OBJECTIVES (CONTINUED)

• IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE PROCESS OF TRANSITIONING
  MODELS FROM RD TO OPERATIONS
• UTILIZE TESTBEDS FOR MODEL SKILL ASSESSMENT AND
  OSEs/OSSEs FOR OBSERVING SYSTEM AND DMAC EFFICACY
  ASSESSMENTS
• EXPLORE THE USE AND EFFICACY OF COMMUNITY
  MODELING NETWORKS (CMNs) E.G., ROMS, POM, HYCOM,
  ETC. AND/OR RAs THEMSELVES
• WORK W/NOPP, FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND OTHERS TO
  ATTRACT THE NEEDED FUNDING

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MAST PLAN-OF-ACTION

• IN EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
• (ONE MEETING OF MAST HAS BEEN HELD)
• CONVENING COMMUNITY MODELING WORKSHOP IN
  WASHINGTON, DC AREA ON 28 29 NOVEMBER 2006 FOR
  CA. 50 EXPERTS/INVITEES, INCLUDING SEVERAL
  NOMINATED BY RAs
• IN CY07, WILL DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN TO BE
  VETTED THROUGH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING RAs
• INTEND TO SPIN-OFF SEVERAL PROJECTS FOR NOPP BAAs
• MAY CONVENE A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP OF
  OBSERVATIONALISTS AND MODELERS TO DEVELOP A
  NATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR REGIONAL COASTAL
  OCEAN SCIENCE IN SUPPORT OF OCEAN.US/IOOS
  OOI/ORION
• CO-CONVENERS CHRIS MOOERS, RSMAS/PHYSICS
• RICK
  JAHNKE, SKIO/BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
• MARK MOLINE, CAL POLY/MARINE
  ECOLOGY