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GLERL 2005 Milestone Reports
Milestones are organized by fiscal year quarter.
First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter
FIRST QUARTER (January 2005)
GOAL 1: ECOSYSTEM
Scientist: Ray Assel
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood.
OAR Performance Measure: Increase number, accuracy, and regional specificity of U.S. climate, water, and coastal resource products
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone-05-1-1: Completion of Historical NWS Ice Thickness Reports.
GOAL 1: ECOSYSTEM
Scientist: John Robbins
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood.
OAR Performance Measure: Increase the number of tools and technologies developed and transferred to support the responsible use of ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone-05-1-2: Develop and apply use of soil core phosphorous profiles to predict net peat accumulation rates in south Florida wetlands: a new paleoecological approach.
SECOND QUARTER (April 2005)
GOAL 1: ECOSYSTEM
Scientist: Dr. Stuart Ludsin (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood
NOAA Corporate Measure: TBD
Ecosystem Research Program Performance Measure: PM1: Extent of ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems explored, mapped, characterized, and inventoried and publicly available
OAR Performance Measure: Research to improve our understanding of the factors affecting ecosystems and the success of ecosystem approaches to management.
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone 05-2-1: Develop spatially explicit maps of bay anchovy growth rate potential for Chesapeake Bay.
THIRD QUARTER (July 2005)
GOAL 1: ECOSYSTEM
Scientist: Dr. Stephen B. Brandt (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase portion of the population that is knowledgeable of and acting as stewards for coastal and marine ecosystem issues.
NOAA Corporate Measure: TBD
Ecosystem Research Program Performance Measure: PM7: Number of state and local agencies, community leaders and industries who access and utilize NOAA Ecosystem Research Program products and services.
OAR Performance Measure: Number of significant partnerships developed.
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone 05-3-1: Complete NOAA's Obligation under the Executive Order to create a draft strategic plan for the Great Lakes Collaboration.
GOAL 1: ECOSYSTEM
Scientist: Dr. David Reid (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood.
NOAA Corporate Measure: TBD
Ecosystem Research Program Performance Measure: PM1: Extent of ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems explored, mapped, characterized, and inventoried and publicly available
OAR Performance Measure: Increase number, accuracy, and regional specificity of U.S. climate, water, and coastal resource products.
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone 05-3-2: Complete and publish new 5-meter bathymetric map of Lake Huron.
FOURTH QUARTER (September 2005)
Scientist: Tom Nalepa (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood.
NOAA Corporate Measure: TBD
Ecosystem Research Program Performance Measure: PM5: Number of integrated ecological forecast models developed, and the technology transferred to the appropriate agency.
OAR Performance Measure: Increased number and accuracy of forecasts of significant ecological events and trends (e.g., harmful algal blooms, coral bleaching and population shifts), that provide necessary information for NOAA's stewardship responsibilities.
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone 05-4-1: Complete assessments of trends in the benthic macro invertebrate community of Lake Huron.
Scientist: Dr. David Schwab (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood.
NOAA Corporate Measure: TBD
Ecosystem Research Program Performance Measure: PM5: Number of integrated ecological forecast models developed, and the technology transferred to the appropriate agency.
OAR Performance Measure: Increased number and accuracy of forecasts of significant ecological events and trends (e.g., harmful algal blooms, coral bleaching and population shifts), that provide necessary information for NOAA's stewardship responsibilities.
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research Program
Milestone 05-4-2: Complete transfer of technology for operating Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System to NOS CO-OPS to improve prediction system. (David Schwab, GLERL)
Scientist: George Leshkevich (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood
NOAA Corporate Measure: TBD
Ecosystem Research Program Performance Measure: PM2: Number of tools and technologies developed and transferred to support the responsible use of ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources.
OAR Performance Measure: Increase the number of techniques and tools that are developed or applied that can be used to restore and protect ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone 05-4-3: Complete algorithm development to demonstrate the use of satellite scatterometer data for Great Lakes ice cover mapping.
Scientist: Dr. Stephen B. Brandt (GLERL)
NOAA Performance Objective: Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated with approved indicators of ecological health and socio-economic benefits that are monitored and understood.
NOAA Corporate Measure: TBD
Ecosystem Research Program Performance Measure: PM1: Extent of ocean, coastal and Great Lakes ecosystems explored, mapped, characterized, and inventoried and publicly available.
OAR Performance Measure: Increase number of near-real time aquatic observation systems in regional ecosystems to adequately assess the Environmental Conditions.
NOAA Program: Ecosystem Research
Milestone 05-4-4: Development of a Universal, High Speed Buoy System for Coastal Observations. Complete the development of a buoy data acquisition, transmission and deployment system that can be used operationally for Coastal Observations. Demonstrate real-time data access and display and system integration advantages made possible with a wireless internet buoy design.
Last updated: 2005-10-07 mbl