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A P P E N D I x C : P e r f o r m a n c e M e a s u r e s D e f i n i t i o n s Performance Objective: Support the Nation’s commerce with information for safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation (NOAA) Performance Measure: Reduce the hydrographic survey backlog within navigationally significant areas (square nautical miles surveyed per year) NOAA conducts hydrographic surveys to determine the depths and configurations of the bottoms of water bodies, primarily for U.S. waters significant for navigation. This activity includes the detection, location, and identification of wrecks and obstructions with side scan and multi-beam sonar technology and GPS. NOAA uses the data to produce traditional paper, raster, and electronic navigational charts for safe and efficient navigation. In addition to the commercial shipping industry, other user communities that benefit include recreational boaters, the commercial fishing industry, port authorities, coastal zone managers, and emergency response planners. Ships traversing U.S. coastal waters rely on charts based on sounding data that are more than 50-yearsold in many places. NOAA has identified approximately 510,000 square nautical miles of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone as navigationally significant and in need of resurvey. Since 1994, NOAA has focused primarily on surveying and reporting its accomplishments in the highest priority areas, many of which carry heavy commercial traffic, are less than 30 meters deep, and change constantly. However, this critical area constitutes only a small portion (eight percent) of the entire navigationally significant area used by large commercial vessels and recreational boaters. The square nautical miles reflect data collected within all areas designated as navigationally significant. NOAA’s surveying activities balance in-house resources with private sector contracts and use the latest full-bottom coverage sounding technologies to survey the Nation’s coastal areas for navigation. Weather, mechanical failure, and level of surveying difficulty are variables for both NOAA and its contractors, and therefore variances from the targets of +/- 50 square nautical miles per vessel are to be expected in a normal field season. Data Source Frequency Data Storage Internal Controls Data Limitations Actions to be Taken Progress reports on data collected from hydrographic survey platforms. Monthly NOS maintains hydrographic survey performance data at NOAA’s Hydrographic Surveys Division. NOS applies its established verification and validation methods. The measure has a +/- 50 square nautical mile variance. Targets are set annually based on resources available; monthly reports on performance to the NOAA Deputy Under Secretary. NOAA-owned ships and contractor survey assets can be affected by changes in vessel availability or condition. Weather can also affect scheduled surveys. NOS maintains hydrographic survey performance data at NOAA’s Hydrographic Surveys Division. Performance Measure: Percentage of U.S. counties rated as fully enabled or substantially enabled with accurate positioning capacity This tracks the progress of NOAA’s Geodesy Program in facilitating the capacity of state and local governments and the private sector to utilize accurate positioning information. NOAA will track county level use of its Online Positioning User Service (OPUS) to determine how well state and local governments are enabled with accurate positioning capacity. Assessing state and local government and private sector usage at the county level is the most appropriate geographic unit. County level assessments offer entire U.S. coverage and an existing infrastructure for addressing spatial issues. Utilizing OPUS is the right indicator for how well a county is enabled with accurate positioning capacity, because its usage requires a high level of positioning sophistication. Further, OPUS is a necessary step in obtaining accurate positions. The level of capacity varies across the Nation. This variation is measured as deficient, sufficiently enabled, and enabled. Deficient capacity to conduct accurate positioning indicates that the county has not demonstrated it has the NOAA-enabled infrastructure, tools, and local capacity needed for accurate positioning. Substantially enabled capacity to conduct accurate positioning indicates the county has demonstrated it has the NOAA-enabled 398 F Y 2 0 0 7 P E R F O R M A N C E A N D A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y R E P O R T
A P P E N D I x C : P e r f o r m a n c e M e a s u r e s D e f i n i t i o n s infrastructure, tools, and local capacity needed for accurate positioning. Enabled capacity indicates the county has validated NOAA-enabled infrastructure, tools, and local capacity needed for accurate positioning. This is indicated by having local interaction through, for example, a submitted and accepted OPUS project for inclusion in the NOAA’s geodetic database. Data Source Frequency Data Storage Internal Controls Data Limitations Actions to be Taken OPUS Quarterly Automated database at NOS NOAA will validate a county’s capacity for local positioning through direct coordination with localities, such as OPUS project acceptance by NOAA. By assessing the user needs of county surveyors, counties, and their associations through successive limited distributions of a county scorecard, NOAA will validate that the geodesy program is meeting local positioning needs; quarterly reporting on performance to NOAA Deputy Under Secretary. OPUS customer data are limited and will be expanded through Paperwork Reduction Act-approved surveys of customers. None Performance Measures: Aviation forecast accuracy of ceiling/visibility (1 mi/500 feet to less than 3 mi/1,000 feet) (%) Aviation forecast FAR for ceiling/visibility (1 mi/500 feet to less than 3 mi/1,000 feet) (%) This measure is based on a 1,000-foot ceiling and three miles of visibility for both accuracy and FAR, and is related to Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) conditions. Visibility and cloud ceiling forecasts are critical for the safety of aircraft operations. Accurately forecasting the transition between Visual Flight Rule and IFR conditions significantly improve general and commercial aviation flight planning capabilities, improving both flight safety and efficiencies. Data Source Frequency Data Storage Internal Controls Data Limitations Actions to be Taken NWS field offices Monthly NWS headquarters and OCWWS Forecasts and observations are collected from each airport for which NWS issues a forecast. OCWWS stores and quality controls all data, compares forecasts to observations, and computes verification statistics. Forecasters within each WFO are able to stratify verification statistics to his/her personal scores on specific days to learn from recent experience. WFO managers regularly monitor forecast performance. The regional headquarters and OCWWS monitor performance monthly for their respective management areas. All data are reported on to NWS and NOAA leadership on a monthly basis. Due to the largest volume of data gathered and computed, documentation for this measure cannot be finalized until well into the following fiscal year. Outyear measures depend on a stable funding profile and take into account improved use of the Weather Surveillance Radar 88 Doppler (WSR-88D), new satellites, improved forecast models, new and continued research activities of the USWRP, and investments in critical observing systems and implementation of Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS). Interannual scores tend to fluctuate due to varying weather patterns. Some patterns are more difficult to forecast than others. Year to year variability is +/- 3 percent for both accuracy and FAR. Typically, third and fourth quarter scores during the convective season have lower accuracy scores and increased FARs than the first and second Quarter cool season months. Forecasters within each WFO will continue to monitor their recent past forecast performance to learn from experience. The regional headquarters and OCWWS will continue to monitor performance monthly for their respective management areas. The original measure, Aviation Forecast Accuracy of Ceiling/Visibility (1 mi/500 ft to less than 3 mi/1,000ft); will be changed to Aviation Forecast Accuracy of Ceiling/Visibility Forecasts (3 mi/1,000 ft or less). Similarly, the original measure, “Aviation Forecast False Alarm Rate for Ceiling/Visibility (1 mi/500 ft to less than 3 mi/1,000ft),” will be changed to “Aviation Forecast False Alarm Rate for Ceiling/Visibility (3 mi/1,000 ft or less).” F Y 2 0 0 7 P E R F O R M A N C E A N D A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y R E P O R T 399
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