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