Coordination Strategy and Project Management

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Coordination Strategy and Project Management

• NCAR working group model seems to work well
• One WG for each major component of model
• Software engineering / technical WG
• Composition of WGs can evolve over time
• Coordinating committee and working group
• Need a strong chair of the committee to ensure
  progress is made
• Concern about time / money for people that lead
  this effort
• There is a need for base funding to support a
  large, coordinated effort like the ASM
• Project office model has advantages but NSF is
  moving away from this - help coordinate
  activities
• Project office needs to be more than admin - also
  have scientific interest / expertise
• Need for computer support for this effort
• CPU hours
• Data storage / sharing

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• Funding sources
• Need a diversity of funding sources
• NSF, NOPP, DOE,
• Industry sources of funding / energy companies
• Military interest in the Arctic with decreased
  sea ice
• National Ice Center, USGS, others
• It is not clear how to coordinate funding from
  several agencies
• Matching support from universities
• Personnel support (post-docs, faculty time)
• Get funding agency involvement at early stage of
  plan development
• Need program managers involved when science plan
  is being drafted

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• Need for an open call from NSF (other funding
  agency?) for ASM development
• Call for model development activities
• Both for mature and less mature model
  components
• Also need for data proposal
• Synthesis of data / modeling effort
• Open competition for project office funding
• Proceed through ARCSS Wheel to call for
  proposals?
• How specific does this need to be?
• Ex. Specify coupler to be used?

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• National Oceanographic Partnership Program
• James E. Eckman
• ONR 322
• 703-696-4590
• Eckmanj_at_onr.navy.mil