NESDIS Activities for Homeland Security

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NESDIS Activities for Homeland Security Jane
DAguanno Presentation for COPC November 28, 2001
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National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service Support for Homeland
Security

• Support to NOAA Homeland Security Team and
  working groups
• Continuity of Operations Working Group (COOP)
• Capabilities Working Group
• Infrastructure
• Security
• Safety
• Infrastructure/Communications
• Participation in the OFCM Task Group review of
  capabilities
• Participation in the Federal Geographic Data
  Committee Working
• Group on Homeland Security (addressing the
  need for data standards)
• Support to US Air Force
• Request from Air Force (AFWA) for MODIS data
  over Afghanistan
• Application of ARGOS transmitters on
  humanitarian aid shipments

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PDD-NSC-67 Enduring Constitutional
Government Continuity of Government Operations (U)
Presidential Decision Directive 67 (PDD 67),
issued 21 October 1998, relates to enduring
constitutional government, continuity of
operations (COOP) planning, and continuity of
government (COG) operations. The purpose of
Enduring Constitutional Government (ECG),
Continuity of Government (COG), and Continuity of
Operations (COOP) is to ensure survival of a
constitutional form of government and the
continuity of essential Federal functions.
Presidential Decision Directive 67 replaced the
Bush Administration's NSD 69 "Enduring
Constitutional Government" of 02 June 1992, which
in turn succeeded NSD 37 "Enduring Constitutional
Government" of 18 April 1990 and NSDD 55
"Enduring National Leadership" of 14 September
1982. Executive Order 12656 Section 202
required that "The head of each Federal
department and agency shall ensure the continuity
of essential functions in any national security
emergency by providing for succession to office
and emergency delegation of authority in
accordance with applicable law safekeeping of
essential resources, facilities, and records and
establishment of emergency operating
capabilities." PDD-67 required Federal agencies
to develop Continuity of Operations Plans for
Essential Operations. Federal Agencies developed
the COOP as a unifying concept that did not
replace existing plans but, instead, superimposed
COOP functions if and when a problem threatens
serious disruption to agency operations. The
plans identify those requirements necessary to
support the primary function, such as emergency
communications, establishing a chain of command,
and delegation of authority.
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Continuity of Operations

• NOAA will base their COOP on the format used by
  the Department of Interior
• Interior COOP is scenario based, ranging from
  minor to catastrophic
• interruption of services
• Within the NOAA COOP Working Group (of the NOAA
  Homeland Security
• Team) each Line Office is to develop their
  own COOP (to include all regional
• and field offices)
• Within NESDIS we
• have identified the most critical functions
  (that which the Nation most immediately relies
  on)
• have begun developing office and center COOPs,
  as well as for Headquarter operations

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National Environmental Satellite, Data, and
Information Service Products and Services for
USAID and State Department

• METEOSAT-5 Satellite Imagery (high resolution
  data, half hourly)
• Satellite Derived Daily Snow and Ice Map
• Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
  (DMSP), Operational Linescan data
• DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I)
  products
• NOAA POES 1-km AVHRR data
• Weekly Vegetation Health Index
• Climate Summaries (CD-ROMs)
• Climate Data (CD-ROMs)

International Surface Weather Observations Surface
Data, Hourly 3 Hourly Surface Data, Global
Summary of Day Surface Data, Global Historical
Climate Network Monthly Climatic Data for the
World
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Sample Products National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Service
METEOSAT-5 data Visible, infrared,water vapor
bands. Data resolution is 5 km