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NOAA Science and Technology for Maritime Security
Michael Tosatto
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Overview
NOAA is Oceans & Atmosphere
NOAA is Science & Management (Policy, Regulatory…)
NOAA is Science, Service, Stewardship
NOAA is Fisheries, Oceans, Weather and Environmental Satellites & Data
NOAA supports security by conducting global observations and science and provisioning decision-makers (high and low)
NOAA supports maritime security by improving ocean governance, coastal community resilience and food security
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Line Office Organization
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Integrated Observing System
NOAA maintains two primary constellations of environmental satellites: polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites. These are part of NOAA's integrated observing system, which includes satellites, radars, surface automated weather stations, weather balloons, sounders, buoys, instrumented aircraft and other sensors, along with the data management infrastructure needed for this system. This integrated system is the foundation upon which NOAA works towards achieving our organizational goals.
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Satellites
NOAA, in collaboration with NASA, develops, manages and operates a fleet of weather and environmental satellites providing continuous global coverage critical for making decisions affecting everything from how to dress to addressing climate change.
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Ocean Exploration
NOAA’s ocean exploration and research technologies include platforms such as vessels and submersibles, bouy and other observing systems and sensors, communication technologies and diving technologies.
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Coastal Resiliency
To ensure early detection of tsunamis and to acquire data critical to real-time forecasts, NOAA has placed DART® stations at sites in regions with a history of generating destructive tsunamis.
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Coastal Resiliency
DART consist of an anchored bottom pressure recorder (BPR) and a companion buoy for real-time communications. The BPR collects temperature and pressure, which is converted to an estimated sea-surface height. The system operates at 15-minute intervals until the DART identifies an event. Then 15-second values are transmitted during the initial few minutes, followed by 1-minute averages.
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Coastal Resiliency
Earthquakes Oil and Chemical Spills
Excessive Heat Rip Currents
Coral Bleaching Volcanos
Droughts Ultraviolet Radiation
Fire Weather Storm Surge
Flooding Hurricanes
Harmful Algal Blooms
Storm Surge & Coastal Floods
Oil & Chemical Spills
Rip CurrentsSevere WeatherSpace Weather
TsunamisVolcanoes
Winter Weather
Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
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Ocean Observations
Gliders have unique capabilities for collecting data in remote locations, safely and at relatively low cost. With advancements in sensor technologies and propulsion systems, gliders becoming more important as tools for collecting
ocean data.
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Unmanned Aerial System – Puma’
• Hand launched
• Battery operated
• Equipped with video
• 500-1,000 ft
• 1-2 hrs • 10 miles from base
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UAS Ikhana
• Full size airplane
• Single turbine engine / single propeller
• Equipped with radar & video camera that provides live feed to base station
• 18,000-26,000 ft
• Up to 24 hrs endurance
UAS = Unmanned Aircraft System
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(Sea-)Food Security
Physical availability of sufficient quantities of seafood
Economic and physical access
Consumption and utilization for nutrition
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Fish provides:• 20% of
protein for 3 billion people
• 17% of global protein consumed
Source: State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, FAO, 2014