The Committee for Environmental Services, Operations and Research Needs (C/ESORN)
The Committee for Environmental Services, Operations and Research Needs (C/ESORN):
The Committee for Environmental Services, Operations and Research Needs (C/ESORN) shall be the principal means for effecting continuing coordination on current and programmed activities within its assigned areas and recommending changes to more efficiently utilize resources in meeting valid user requirements; and addressing policy matters and issues as they relate to environmental services, operations and research needs in the following areas:
- Natural Hazards (Severe Weather, Flooding, Volcanos, Hurricanes, etc.)
- Man-made Hazards/Atmospheric Transport and Diffusion
- Hydrometeorology/Water Resources Management
- Marine/Ocean Environmental Services
- Urban Meteorology/Air Quality
- Agriculture
- Fire
- Waterways/Surface Transportation
- Satellite Telemetry
- Post-Storm Data Acquisition
- Natural Disaster Reduction
- Commercialization
- Outreach and Education
The Committee shall be responsible for:
- Collecting and consolidating agency mission needs within the Committee's focus areas.
- Identifying the high pay-off, cross-cutting issues which will serve as the basis for prioritizing future interagency efforts.
- Planning and executing strategies for addressing deficiencies in these cross-cutting issues. Where applicable, Working Groups will serve as the Committee's executive agents for specific areas of focus; e.g., meteorological codes, or communications interfaces and data exchange.
- Empowering Joint Action Groups (JAG) to work on specific projects of limited duration. The Committee will develop objectives for a JAG and specify a well-defined deliverable, such as a Federal plan or report.
- Reporting to ICMSSR periodically on the Committee's activities and accomplishments and considering other matters as directed by ICMSSR.