 Appendix IV: Mission Goal Outcomes and Performance Objectives
NOAA has established agency and mission goal desired outcomes and performance
objectives for assessing NOAA's achievements, progress, and the effectiveness
of programs and activities. These outcomes and objectives provide context
for NOAA's individual and integrated efforts and guide agency priorities.
Ecosystem Mission Goal:
Protect, restore, and manage
use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem approach
to management
- Outcomes
- Healthy and productive coastal and marine ecosystems that benefit society
- A well-informed public that acts as steward of coastal and marine ecosystems
- Performance Objectives
- Increase number of fish stocks managed at sustainable levels
- Increase number of protected species that reach stable or increasing
population levels
- Increase number of regional coastal and marine ecosystems delineated
with approved indicators of ecological health and socioeconomic benefits
that are monitored and understood
- Increase portion of population that is knowledgeable of and acting
as stewards for coastal and marine ecosystem issues
- Increase number of coastal communities incorporating ecosystem and
sustainable development principles into planning and management
Climate Mission Goal:
Understand climate variability and
change to enhance society's ability to plan and respond
- Outcomes
- A predictive understanding of the global climate system on time
scales of weeks to decades with quantified uncertainties sufficient
for making informed and reasoned decisions
- Climate-sensitive sectors and a climate-literate public
effectively incorporating NOAA's climate products into their
plans and decisions
- Performance Objectives
- Describe and understand the state of the climate system through
integrated observations, analysis, and data stewardship
- Improve climate predictive capability from weeks to decades,
with an increased range of applicability for management and policy decisions
- Reduce uncertainty in climate projections through timely information on
the forcing and feedbacks contributing to changes in the Earth's climate
- Understand and predict the consequences of climate variability and change
on marine ecosystems
- Increase number and use of climate products and services to enhance public
and private sector decision making
Weather and Water Mission Goal:
Serve society's needs for
weather and water information
- Outcomes
- Reduced loss of life, injury, and damage to the economy
- Better, quicker, and more valuable weather and water information
to support improved decisions
- Increased customer satisfaction with quality of weather and
water information and services
- Performance Objectives
- Increase lead time and accuracy for weather and water warnings
and forecasts
- Improve predictability of the onset, duration, and impact
of hazardous and sever weather and water events
- Increase application and accessibility of weather and water
information as the foundation for creating and leveraging public partnerships
- Increase development, application, and transition of advanced science
and technology to operations and services
- Increase coordination of weather and water information and
services with integration of local, regional, and global observation
systems
- Quantify and reduce uncertainty associated with weather and
water decision tools and assessments
- Enhance environmental literacy and improve understanding, value,
and use of weather and water information and services
Commerce and Transportation Mission Goal:
Support the Nation's commerce with information for safe, efficient, and
environmentally sound transportation
- Outcomes
- Safe, secure, efficient, and seamless movement of goods and
people in the U.S. transportation system
- Environmentally sound development and use of the U.S.
transportation system
- Performance Objectives
- Enhance navigational safety and efficiency by improving
information products and services
- Reduce weather-related transportation crashes and delays
- Reduce human risk, environmental, and economic consequences
as a result of natural or human-induce emergencies
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