Integrated Ocean Observing System

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The US Integrated Ocean Observing System
(IOOS)Plan forData Management and
Communications (DMAC)Presented toIOOS
Industry Workshop

• By
• IOOS DMAC Steering Committee
• Landry Bernard NDBC/USM

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IOOS One system.seven goals

• Detect and Predict Change
• Mitigate natural hazards
• Improve safety and efficiency of marine ops
• Ensure national security
• Reduce public health risks
• Protect and restore marine ecosystems
• Sustain marine resources

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IOOS Data Management and Communications Subsystem
DMAC Standards and Protocols
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The DMAC Plan

• An evolutionary path
• Rapid start-up, continual improvement
• A software engineering strategy
• An international outlook
• Technical Components
• Data discovery (metadata)
• Data transport
• Archival
• Product generation
• Feedback and fault correction

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The DMAC Plan

• Data Discovery (metadata)
• Build upon partnerships -- many metadata
  repositories exist today, Regional National
• Focus on FGDC ( future ISO)
• Metadata WG to design the strategy for
  distributed search
• A Web Portal at which users can search
• Embed in members Web pages
• Machine-to-machine accessible
• Seamless segue to DMAC Data Transport

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The DMAC Plan

• Data Transport (access)
• Web Services ? gateways to standardization
• Adopt current successes
• OPeNDAP (a.k.a. DODS)
• High interoperability with GIS network protocols
• Supply data to a broad range of clients
• WG must define comprehensive semantic data
  model(s)

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OPeNDAP distributed access to data and metadata
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The DMAC Plan

• Archival
• Build upon partnership of National and Regional
  archive centers
• Utilize DMAC Metadata and Transport standards
• Archive WG to be formed -- ensure that all data
  is archived
• Operational data with QC to be archived
  (coordinated with data assembly centers such as
  US GODAE server (Model Data) or NDBC (Real-Time
  Data))

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The DMAC Plan

• Products
• On-line Browse (part of DMAC infrastructure)
• Uniform access to all IOOS data from Web browsers
• GIS maps basic scientific graphics
• Readable tables
• Data products() (IOOS modeling subsystem)
• State estimation
• Forecasts
• Information products()
• Value-added products for user groups provided by
  the private sector, academe, government
• Not included in DMAC Plan

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DMAC Implementation Timeline

• Interim activities
• DMAC Steering Committee
• Regional Obs. Systems
• Metadata standards WG
• Data model WG
• IOOS Standards Process

Five year plan

• Transport

• Discovery

• Management

• Archival

June
fy03
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07
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Publish DMAC Plan
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Concrete actions to contribute data into the
IOOS/DMAC framework today

• Data discovery
• Produce FGDC metadata
• Submit it to national search sites(NASA/GCMD,
  NOAA/NCDDC CSC)
• Create a home page and a search portal to your
  data holdings

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Concrete actions

• Interoperable data access
• Gridded data
• Install OPeNDAP() servers
• In-situ data
• Use RDBMS or standard formats
• Contribute to development of pilot IOOS/DMAC
  components
• Partner with NDBC () to QA/QC and distribute
  Real-Time Marine Observation to WMO
• () http//www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/dods/
• () MarineObs_at_noaa.gov Ask for MODEM

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Concrete actions

• On-line browse
• Install Live Access Server() utilizing
  DMAC/OPeNDAP data transport
• Create custom Web sites that demonstrate regional
  data integration
• () http//www.ferret.noaa.gov/LAS/

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Marine Observation Network
? Buoy Locations
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Marine Observation Network
? C-MAN Locations
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Marine Observation Network
? Special Support Stations
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Marine Observation Network
? Gulf of Mexico Locations

• Gulf of Mexico Station Locations

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NDBC MODEM Kit(Meteorological and Oceanographic
Data Exchange Module)
Regional Observatories
Sensor/ Observation
Observers Web-page
ftp
NDBC Web Page QA/QC
NDBC QA/QC
Public
NDBC DODS
NWS GATEWAY
GTS
WFOs
NODC
NCDC
et. al.
Via MODEM Kit - request from
MarineObs_at_noaa.gov
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IOOS INDUSTRY WORKSHOP

• NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER
• www.ndbc.noaa.gov
• Landry.Bernard_at_noaa.gov
• [phone] ph
• [phone] fax