PROGRAM INFORMATION & PLANNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS


Each year the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research releases an Operating Plan that names specific objectives for the year. Attainment of these objectives is tracked by establishing 'performance measures' and periodically reporting 'milestones', which are status reports pertaining to aspects of each performance measure. Each year AOML has program milestones across most elements of the NOAA Strategic Plan.

Recent AOML performance measures and the associated milestones are organized below under their Strategic Plan Element and by the fiscal year and quarter in which a status report is due. At the end of each quarter, completed progress reports will be posted in html form under the associated milestone.

Performance Measures - PM
Milestones - M


STRATEGIC PLAN ELEMENT - BUILD SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

OBJECTIVE: ADVANCE FISHERIES PREDICTIONS

PM: Define, for selected species, effects of physical parameters on transport of early life stages.

OBJECTIVE: PROTECT, CONSERVE AND RESTORE COASTAL RESOURCES, HABITATS, AND THEIR BIODIVERSITY

PM: Number of studies that improve understanding of the effects of nutrient over-enrichment on coastal health and productivity.


STRATEGIC PLAN ELEMENT - ADVANCE SHORT-TERM WARNING AND FORECAST SERVICES

OBJECTIVE: ENHANCE OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS

PM: Winds Aloft/Temperature/Precipitation Forecast Improvements


STRATEGIC PLAN ELEMENT - IMPLEMENT SEASONAL TO INTERANNUAL CLIMATE FORECASTS

OBJECTIVE: MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OBSERVING AND DATA DELIVERY SYSTEMS

PM: Percent of Data from observing systems used in predictions; percent of observing system operational.


STRATEGIC PLAN ELEMENT - DOCUMENT, PREDICT, AND ASSESS DECADAL-TO-CENTENNIAL CLIMATE CHANGE

OBJECTIVE: CHARACTERIZE THE FORCING AGENTS OF CHANGE

PM: Improve representation of the ocean in coupled climate prediction models. PM: Narrow the uncertainty of the oceanic uptake in the global CO2 budget.

OBJECTIVE: UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE OCEANS IN GLOBAL CHANGE

PM: Implement in situ technologies for physical and chemical ocean observations.


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