9TH NOAA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING WASHINGTON, DC & SILVER SPRING, MD GENERAL LOGISTICS AND SCHEDULE Tuesday, March 20, 2001 - HCHB [Note: The SAB meeting on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 will be held in Room B841A in the Department of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover Building (HCHB), 14th St. and Constitution Ave., Washington, DC. Attendees must check in at security and provide a photo ID.] 9:30 a.m. Sign in by all participants and audience and Registration for public verbal input to NOAA SAB [NOTE - Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the period identified for public input, unless the Chair requests otherwise. The limit for verbal input from any individual or group is 5 minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by the SAB, if requested by the SAB Chair.] 10:00 a.m. Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format (Michael Uhart - Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 10:05 a.m. Opening Statement of the Chair and Self-introductions of the SAB Members Present (Al Beeton - Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 10:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks and Opening Statement (Scott Gudes- Acting Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere) 10:45 a.m. Briefing on National Undersea Research Program (NURP) Strategic Plan with SAB Discussion (Mike DeLuca - Director, Mid-Atlantic Bight National Undersea Research Center) 11:30 a.m. Briefing on the Status of NOS Geodesy and CCEHBR Reviews (Don Scavia - NOS Chief Scientist) 11:45 a.m. Meetings with other Boards (Al Beeton- Chair, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 12:00 p.m. Private Lunch 1:00 p.m. Report of the Panel on Strategies for Climate Monitoring with SAB Discussion (Richard Goody - Chair, Panel on Strategies for Climate Monitoring) 1:45 p.m. Report of the September 2000 Meeting of the Climate and Global Change Working Group (Otis Brown - Chair, Climate and Global Change Working Group) 2:15 p.m. Briefing on NOAA Climate Research with SAB Discussion (J. Michael Hall - Director, Office of Global Programs) 2:45 p.m. Report of the Panel Review of the National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service's (NESDIS) Office of Research and Applications (Denise Stephenson-Hawk - Chair, Office of Research and Applications Review Panel) 3:30 p.m. Public Input Session 4:00 p.m. Briefing on NSF Biocomplexity in the Environment and other Geosciences Programs with SAB Discussion (Margaret Leinen - Assistant Director for Geosciences, National Science Foundation) 4:30 p.m. NOAA Fisheries Modernization (William Hogarth - Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries) 5:00 p.m. Adjourn for the Day Wednesday, March 21, 2001 - NOAA Science Center [Note: The SAB meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2001 will be held in the NOAA Science Center, 1305 East West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD.] 8:00 a.m. Sign-in by all Participants and Audience [NOTE- Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED] 1:00 p.m. Official Call to Order and Review of Meeting Format (Michael Uhart- Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 1:05 p.m. Briefing on the Sea Grant Review Panel (Dr. Geraldine Knatz - Chair, Sea Grant Review Panel) 1:30 p.m. Report of the Subcommittee on Coastal Science (Peter Douglas, Chair) 2:00 p.m. Briefing on NOAA's Long-term Climate Monitoring Council with SAB Discussion (Tom Karl - Director, National Climatic Data Center) 2:30 p.m. Report of the Subcommittee on Data Issues (Soroosh Sorooshian, Chair) 2:45 p.m. Break 3:00 p.m. Report of the Subcommittee on Scientific Synthesis (Susan Hanna) 3:30 p.m. Report of the Subcommittee on Education (Denise Stephenson-Hawk, Chair) 3:45 p.m. Report of the Subcommittee on Aquaculture with SAB Discussion (Susan Hanna, Chair) 4:15 p.m. Briefing on Ocean Exploration Program (David Evans - Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) 4:30 p.m. Report of the Working Group on Administrative Efficiencies (Al Beeton) 4:45 p.m. Report on the Nancy Foster Scholarship (Margaret Davidson - Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management) 5:00 p.m. Adjourn for the Day Thursday, March 22, 2001 - HCHB [Note: The SAB meeting on Thursday, March 22, 2001 will be held in Room B841A in the Department of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover Building (HCHB), 14th St. and Constitution Ave., Washington, DC. Attendees must check in at security and provide a photo ID.] 8:00 a.m. Sign-in by all participants and audience and Registration for public verbal input to NOAA SAB [NOTE - Attendance is open to any interested individual, but registration is REQUIRED. Verbal public input will only be conducted during the period identified for public input, unless the Chair requests otherwise. The limit for verbal input from any individual or group is 5 minutes, with follow-up questions and discussion by the SAB, if requested by the SAB Chair.] 8:30 a.m. Official Call to Order and Review of the Meeting Format (Michael Uhart- Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board) 8:35 a.m. Briefing on OAR Office of Weather and Air Quality Research with SAB Discussion (David Rogers - Director, OAR Office of Weather and Air Quality Research) 9:00 a.m. Briefing on the U.S. Weather Research Program (Jack Hayes - Director, NWS Office of Science and Technology) 9:30 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion with Congressional Staffers (invited) 11:00 a.m. Public Input 11:30 a.m. Final Adjournment