NGS FY24 Research Plan

November 9, 2023  |  2:00-3:00 pm, ET

Presenter: Dr. Shachak Pe'eri, Geosciences Research Division Chief, NGS

Over the past year, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has developed a research plan. The purpose of this document is to communicate NGS’ research and investment over both the short (i.e., next two years) and long-term (i.e., next decade) planning horizons. Providing long-term research themes allows governmental partner agencies, academic collaborators, and commercial industry insight to NGS’ plans to prepare and address the nation’s geodetic control needs for the next 10-15 years. The NGS research plan is aligned with NOAA’s FY22-26 strategic plan vision of building a climate ready nation and recognizes the intrinsic connection between weather, water, and climate systems, linked through the hydrologic cycle, driven by ocean, land, and atmospheric processes. Such long-term research requires a multidisciplinary approach, centered around geodesy using satellite observations, rooted in open science and open source methods, and driven by stakeholder needs.