Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research (OAR)

Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., CMarSci Assistant Administrator Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOAA Research:Serving Society through Science

NOAA Research

To conduct environmental research, provide scientific information and research leadership, and transfer

research into products and services to help NOAA meet

the evolving economic, social, and environmental

needs of the Nation.

VisionVision

MissionMission

A society that uses the results of our research as the scientific basis for more productive and

harmonious relationships between humans and the

environment.

NOAA Research Tenets

Preeminent Research

Value to Society

Culture of Transparency

Who We Are: OAR Leadership

Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., CMarSci

Assistant Administrator

Craig McLean, Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Programs & Administration

Alexander MacDonald, Ph.D., Deputy

Assistant Administrator for Labs

& Cooperative Institutes

Who We Are: OAR Scientists

Where We Work

Drivers for NOAA Research

Legislative DriversNational Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)

Magnuson-Stevens Act

Tsunami Warning and Education Act

America COMPETES Act

Policy DriversOcean Action PlanOcean Research Priorities Plan (ORPP)Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM)

OAR Budget

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President’s Budget Enacted House Mark Senate

($ In Millions)

FY 08 Funding IncreasesClimate National Integrated Drought Information System Water Vapor Research Abrupt Climate Change (Atlantic Meridional

Overturning Circulation)

Weather & Air Quality Research Hurricane Research (tentative increase) Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Ocean, Coastal, & Great Lakes Research Extended Continental Shelf Mapping

Research MattersInvesting in NOAA Research is Investing

in the FutureImproves Environmental PredictionsImproves Quality of LifeSupports Economic DevelopmentAdvances Technology

Weather & Air Quality Research

Research ProgramsScience, Technology, and InfusionAir QualityCoasts, Estuaries & OceansEnvironmental ModelingTsunami

Outstanding Accomplishments in Weather & Air Quality Research

Air Resources Lab – “Pentagon Shield”

Hurricane Rita Surface Winds

DART Buoy Multi-function Phased Array Radar

Future: Weather & Air Quality Research

Hurricane Intensity

Phased Array Radar

Air Quality Forecasts

Climate Research

Research Programs

Observations & AnalysisClimate ForcingClimate Predictions & ProjectionsRegional Decision Support

Outstanding Accomplishments in Climate Research

CarbonTracker

CM2.1 Model

Ocean Acidification Monitoring Buoy

National Integrated Drought Information

System

Future: Climate Research & Services

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

Abrupt Climate Change (Atlantic Meridional

Overturning Circulation)

Climate Information Services

Ocean, Coastal & Great Lakes Research

Research ProgramsEcosystem ResearchEcosystem ObservationsHabitatAquaculture

Outstanding Accomplishments in Ocean, Coastal & Great Lakes Research

Telepresence Technology

Great Lakes Operational Forecast System

Coral Reef Research

Future: Ocean, Coastal & Great Lakes Research

Extended Continental Shelf Mapping

Investigating the Deep Ocean

Aquaculture

Research MattersNOAA Research Serves Society through Science

Improves Predictions from Minutes to MillenniaImproves Quality of LifeSupports Economic DevelopmentAdvances Technology

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