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1. Overarching Goals

2. Strategic Priorities

3. Administration Initiatives

4. Ocean Policy Task Force

5. Budget, ARRA

6. How we work

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1. Strengthen scientific basis for environmental decision-making

2. Improve services: protect life & property, create economic opportunities, enable food & environmental security for all Americans

3. Restore oceans and coasts to be healthy, productive and resilient

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Enhance NOAA’s Climate Services and Establish a National Climate ServiceSupport Healthy Coastal Communities and Ecosystems

Ensure Sustainable Marine Fisheries

Strengthen Arctic Science and Service

Sustain Satellite Based Earth Observations

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Global Sea Surface Temperature

Hurricane Forecasting

Fire and Smoke Monitoring

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2. Research and Modeling Monitorin

g and Observations

3. Assessments

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Vertical Grid (Height or

Pressure)

Horizontal Grid(Latitude & Longitude)

1. Observations

and Monitoring SERVIC

ESSERVIC

ES

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(Sample) “One Stop Shopping” Climate Portal

Farmers able to determine what to plant and where, based on drought forecasts 3-5 years out

Coastal communities able to plan for sea level rise and storm intensity

City planners or water resource managers better able to anticipate the availability of water for drinking, energy production, agriculture and many other uses

Public health officials being ready for, or even able to avoid, outbreaks of malaria based on longer term forecasts of precipitation

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Pteropod(Hopcroft, UAF)

Ocean Acidification Buoy (PAPA)

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Depths of aragonite saturation < 1.0

(Feely, et al., Science Vol. 320, June 13, 2008)

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Example of Marine Spatial Planning: Multi-

Purpose Marine Cadastre

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1. Ecosystem-based science

2. Land-sea connection

3. Marine spatial planning

4. Socio-economic and biophysical models

Ending Overfishing & Implementation of Catch Share Programs

Protected Species

Habitat Conservation

Science to Support Fisheries

Management

International Engagement

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GFDL CM2.1 model-simulated Arctic ice change

Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean

Tiksi Atmospheric Observatory Russia

Snow Crab

Extended Continental Shelf Mapping

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1. Scientific Integrity

2. Climate and Energy

3. Adaptation to Climate Change

4. Ocean Policy

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Established June 12, 2009 by Presidential Memorandum

Chair Nancy Sutley, CEQ24 senior policy officials

Deliverables Within 90 Days – Sept 10National PolicyFramework for Policy CoordinationImplementation Strategies

Within 180 Days – December 9Marine Spatial Planning

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www.whitehouse.gov/oceans14

Ecosystem-Based Management

Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

Inform Decisions and Improve Understanding

Coordinate and Support

Resiliency and Adaptation to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

Regional Ecosystem Protection and Restoration

Water Quality and Sustainable Practices on Land

Changing Conditions in the Arctic

Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Observations and Infrastructure

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In Billions

$3.7

$3.9

$3.9 $4.1

$5.2*

$4.0

$4.5

*2009 includes $830M in ARRA (Stimulus Act) Funds

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NOTE: only shows projects >/= $20M

Climate Computing

& Modeling

($170M)

Habitat Restoration

($167M)

Pacific Regional Center

($142M)

Southwest Fisheries Science

Center

($102M)

Fishery Survey Vessel Construction

($78M)Satellite

Development

($74M)

Hydrographic Survey

($40M) Vessel Maintenance &

Repair

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Inclusive, Transparent, Accountable

Responsive, adaptive

Regional opportunities

Partners

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