Transcript What’s New with the American Meteorological Society

AMS Commission on the Weather and
Climate Enterprise
Board on Enterprise Planning (BEP)
Terry Tarbell
RS Information Systems, Inc.
Outgoing Chair, AMS BEP
Tim Spangler
Incoming Chair, BEP
Commission Steering Committee Meeting
New Orleans, LA
19 January 2007
Agenda
• BEP Charter
• BEP Membership
• Annual Partnership Topic (APT)
• BEP Status Update
• Mesoscale Observing Networks APT
• Building America’s Resilience to Hurricane
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Disasters APT
New APT for 2008
BEP Charter
• Review issues identified by the Steering
Committee that are of long-term strategic
nature with importance to the enterprise as a
whole
• Focus on a selected topic annually
– Annual Partnership Topic
– Working Group for a specific topic
– Annual Report to Steering Committee
BEP Membership
• Chair
• 13 members at large
• 3 Working Groups [WGs], one for each
APT
– WG membership: Private, academic, and
public sectors; user community
Annual Partnership Topic
Purpose
• Give all interested parties an opportunity to
express their views on the selected topic
• Summarize those views in a concise report
• Identify consensus views when such consensus
exists
• Clarify differences of opinion when consensus
does not exist
• Offer recommendations to AMS itself and the
enterprise as a whole based on the
understanding of views gained during the study
APT Selection
• Annual Partnership Topic will be selected based
on nominations received by AMS during an
open nomination period
• Selection based on published selection criteria
• Selection made by Commission Steering
Committee
• Any party may submit a nomination
• All nominations will be available for comment
Annual Partnership Topic
Nominal Calendar of Events
• Year One:
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Annual AMS Meeting – Issue call for nominations
Spring – Open comment period
Summer – Select topic, charge WG
Remainder of Year – Organize activities for Year Two
• Year Two:
– Annual AMS Meeting – Frame topic
– Remainder of Year – Conduct activities appropriate to topic
• Year Three:
– Annual AMS Meeting – Conduct summary session on topic
– Summer – WG presents final report for review/approval
– Fall – Publish final report
Annual Partnership Topic
Topic Selection Criteria
1. Timeliness [30%]
– Results of partnership topic activities must be
relevant to the weather and climate enterprise in
relation to a 2-3 year timeline
– Topics which require results more rapidly will be
rejected
– Topics which have longer time frames will be
considered
2. Breadth [25%]
– Partnership topic will have broad impact and
interest
– Breadth judged on two factors:
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Sectoral breadth [60%] [private, academic, government]
Disciplinary breadth [40%] [scientific, policy, etc]
Annual Partnership Topic
Topic Selection Criteria
3. Impact [20%]
– Impact it is expected to have on the weather and climate
enterprise and on society as a whole
– May be evaluated in
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Tangible terms [e.g., fraction of the U.S. economy affected]
Intangible terms [e.g., potential legal effects]
4. Interest [15%]
– Estimate of the likelihood of:
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Success in forming topic Working Group
Gaining multiple contributors to the topic
5. Linkage [10%]
– Potential linkage to other planned activities [e.g., topic
related to a planned activity by an organization other than
AMS]
Annual Partnership Topic
BEP Functions
1. Organize the APT nomination process
– Issue call, make public, collect comments
2. Evaluate nominations
– “Score” each nomination
– Draft charge for Topic Committee
3. Fill the Topic Committee
4. Review Report
5. Submit report to Steering Committee
Annual Partnership Topic
Steering Committee Functions
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Select Annual Partnership Topic
Finalize Charge to Topic Committee
Approve Final Report
APT 1--Mesoscale Observing
Networks
Topic Committee Charge:
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Criteria for Evaluating Potential Testbeds. Identify potential
technical criteria for evaluating mesoscale observing
network testbeds. Propose ways the criteria can be
applied to rank order potential testbeds
Business Models for Partnerships in Mesoscale Network
Testbeds. Identify potential business models. Propose
ways the business criteria can be applied in conjunction
with the technical criteria to rank order potential testbeds
Potential Mesoscale Network Testbeds. Identify potential
mesoscale network testbeds that meet at least some of
the technical criteria
Recommended Mesoscale Network Testbeds.
Recommend at least three mesoscale network testbeds
APT 1--Mesoscale Observing
Networks
WG: Fred Carr (OU) [Chair], Tim Spangler, Don
Winter, Bruce Telfeyan
Topic Committee:
• .edu: Rebecca Morss (NCAR), Ken
Crawford (OU), John Horel (Utah)
• .com: Maria Pirone (AER), Mike Kalb
(GST), John Lasley (SAIC), Peter Neilley
(WSI), Brent Shaw (Weathernews)
• .gov: Greg Mandt (NOAA), Marty Ralph
(NOAA), Ralph Patterson (Utah DOT), Paul
Pisano or Andy Stearns (FHWA)
APT 1--Mesoscale Observing Networks
2007 Milestones
January—THM to solicit community input
APT 1--Mesoscale Observing Networks
2008 Plan
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Complete report
APT 2—Hurricane Disasters Status
Topic Committee Charge:
– [Private Sector Engagement] How can the
private sector engage more fully in hurricane
disaster prevention, preparedness and recovery
actions nationwide?
– [High Risk Populations] How can we do more to
protect the poor and most vulnerable in
hurricane disasters?
– [Educating the Enterprise] What can be done to
better educate the Enterprise on responses to
forecasts and warnings for hurricanes?
APT 2—Hurricane Disasters Status
WG: Jim Harrison (.gov), Kristina Peterson
(.edu), Bill Massey (.com)
Topic Committee:
• .edu: Joe Friday (OU), John Harrald (GWU),
Susan Cutter (U. South Carolina), Shirley
Laska (U. New Orleans), Jeff Lazo (UCAR)
• .com: Paul Try (STC), Jingli Yang (ERT),
George Haddow (Bullock & Haddow), Betty
Hearn Morrow (SocResearch Miami)
• .gov: Margaret Davidson (NOAA), James
Kunde (Coalition to Improve Management in
State and Local Government)
APT 2—Hurricane Disasters
2007 Milestones
January—Topic Committee meeting in
San Antonio
February—Selection of study topics for
each study area (question)
July—THM at Natural Hazards Workshop
in Boulder
December—Complete draft report
APT 2—Hurricane Disasters
2007 Results
Information Gathering on Study Topics:
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Private Sector Engagement
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Enhance incentives for the private sector
Meet individual and community unmet needs in the recovery
phase of a hurricane disaster
High Risk Populations
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Achieve selected improvements which will have high
consequence results for vulnerable populations
Resolve selected communications issues
Educating the Enterprise
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Achieve improvements in areas related to NOAA Weather Radio
All Hazards (NWR)
Achieve improvements in education and training on hurricanes
and preparedness
APT 2—Hurricane Disasters
2008 Plan
January—THM at AMS annual meeting in
New Orleans
January—Topic Committee meeting in
New Orleans
June—Complete final report
October—Publish final report
APT 3--Status
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January—Issue call for APT nominations
Annual Meeting -- Issue Call for APT Nominations
Annual Meeting - 31 March – Receive APT
nominations
February – 30 April -- Open comment period
1 May – 30 June – BEP prepares APT
recommendation for CSC
Summer CSC meeting – Select topic, charge Topic
Committee
CSC Meeting – 2008 Annual Meeting –Conduct
THM