By: IOOS DMAC Steering Committee Landry Bernard – NDBC/USM

1. The US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)Plan forData Management and Communications (DMAC)Presented to:IOOS Industry Workshop By: IOOS DMAC Steering Committee Landry Bernard – NDBC/USM Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

2. 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 Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

3. IOOS Data Management and Communications Subsystem DMAC Standards and Protocols Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

4. 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 Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

5. 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 Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

6. 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) Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

7. OPeNDAP: distributed access to data and metadata Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

8. 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)) Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

9. 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 Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

10. DMAC Implementation Timeline • Interim activities • DMAC Steering Committee • Regional Obs. Systems • Metadata standards WG • “Data model” WG • IOOS Standards Process Five year plan: • Discovery • Transport • Archival • Management June fy03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 Publish DMAC Plan Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

11. 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 Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

12. 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@noaa.gov – Ask for “MODEM” Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

13. 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/ Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

14. Marine Observation Network ▪ Buoy Locations Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

15. Marine Observation Network ▪ C-MAN Locations Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

16. Marine Observation Network ▪ Special Support Stations Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

17. Marine Observation Network ▪ Gulf of Mexico Locations Gulf of Mexico Station Locations Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

18. NCEP 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@noaa.gov Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications

19. IOOS INDUSTRY WORKSHOP NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER www.ndbc.noaa.gov Landry.Bernard@noaa.gov (228) 688-3394 ph (228) 688-1364 fax Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Management and Communications