NOAA FY08 Observing Systems
Investment Analysis
December 2005
Eric J. Miller, NOAA/NESDIS
T. C. Adang, NOAA/NESDIS
R. C. Reining, The MITRE Corporation
P. P. Salamone, The MITRE Corporation
L. E. Key, General Dynamics
ABSTRACT
Making decisions about investments in NOAA's observing systems
is a daunting challenge. NOAA has a broad and diverse mission that extends
far beyond weather forecasting and includes global climate observations
and forecasting, assessing fish stocks and setting fishing quotas, managing
marine sanctuaries, managing the Nation's geodetic reference system,
and hydrographic surveying. To accomplish this mission, NOAA invests
in the acquisition, operations, and maintenance of a broad array of
observing systems—more than 80 different observing systems based
in space, on land, in the oceans, in the air, and in the cryosphere.
These systems contribute to satisfying about 800 mission-critical observing
requirements across 21 NOAA programs. In the context of this complexity,
NOAA leadership needs to be able to determine which investments would
best support and advance NOAA's mission in a cost-constrained
environment—whether to invest in sustaining existing systems, improving
existing systems, or in acquiring new systems. In January 2005, the
NOAA Observing Systems Council directed the NOAA Observing Systems Architect
and supporting team to establish a NOAA-wide observing system investment
analysis capability.
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