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Water and Energy Cycle Project Office (WECPO)
P.R. Houser, PI ([email protected]) and D.R. Belvedere ([email protected]),
Objective: To establish a creative environment facilitating the further development and
maintenance of NASA water and energy cycle projects, services and products with
emphasis on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the collaboration, data and
product/service stream between various program elements.
Tasks:
Strategic planning: Preparing & periodically updating IP, developing NEWS related
planning information
Budget oversight: Monitoring NEWS resources allocated, planning future timelines.
Implementation and execution: Supporting team coordination.
Oversight and evaluation: Evaluating progress against implementation plan and
reporting scientific progress & accomplishments.
Support and administration: Providing logistical & administrative support on
matters for teams and project leadership.
Outreach & interchange: Coordinating research planning & implementation matters
with Federal agencies & international bodies. Prepare briefing documents outlining
accomplishments and plans
Project status:
Year 1 & 2 complete –
• Year 1 – Exploiting current capabilities
• Year 2 – Coordination and Integration focus/ Team building/Are we on track?
• 1st, and 2nd Annual NEWS meetings held
• NEWS Implementation Plan (a living document) and Executive Summary completed
• Tasks and Gaps assessment compiled
• NDIC established, Data policy in place
• NEWS Outreach -Informative NEWS Web presence, NEWS and NEWS applications
(WaterNet) presentations given
• Houser/Schlosser State of the Water Cycle Paper used as Integration Base
• 5 new NEWS Investigators selected to fill gaps
Year 3 (now)
• 3rd Annual NEWS meeting held, 1st NEWS letter distributed
• Goal: looking within our team for opportunities to integrate our ideas, expertise, and
resources to accelerate progress toward water and energy research goals.
• 3 NEW Integration Projects begin
NEWS linkages: (pull, push, collaborate, external)
Applications:
• WaterNet:The NASA Water Cycle
Solutions Network
Integration
•State of the Water Cycle database
• Integration Project #1: Daily Time Scale
• Integration Project #2: Two Golden Years,
SGP 2006-2007 focus
• Integration Project #3: Annual and Longer
time scales
NASA Energy and Water cycle Study roadmap.
Updated: October 31, 2007