N53A-1184: From Many to Many More: Instant Interoperability through the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Center Richard Bouchard, William Burnett, Rex Hervey, Richard Crout, and Robert Luke
NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center 1007 Balch Blvd., Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000 USA e-mail:
[email protected], telephone: (228) 688-3459 http://www.ndbc.noaa.com 1) Data Acquisition
2) Quality Control
A. Providers Use File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and simplified XML to Deliver Data to NDBC:
A. Automated Quality Control:
SXML99 KWBC 021019 TDPC1 B. Integrated Ocean Observing 12/02/2008 10:01 System Partners no North Carolina - NCCOOS Carolina - COOPS NERRS Water Quality Chesapeake Bay Interpretive National Estuarine Research Reserve Chesapeake Biological Lab 830 National Ocean Service CICORE NWS Alaska U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 99 NWS Columbia, SC COMPS NWS Detroit CORIE 7 OR-COOS CORMPS SCCOOS Delaware Coastal Programs 1 Scripps Institute of Oceanography Dauphin Island Sea Lab Skidaway Institute of Oceanography WFO Green Bay 11.530 Stevens Institute of Technology Great Lakes ERL TCOON NWS Great Lakes Central Region 33.081 NWS Great Lakes Eastern Region Univ. of California at Davis 100.810 Univ. of Michigan Gulf of Maine - GoMOOS Univ. of So. Carolina Nearshore LSU WAVCIS 8.91 Univ. of So. Mississippi LUMCON Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute MBARI 7.701 MYSOUND 1.000 4.0468296
3) Real-Time Dissemination A. Real-Time:
(http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/handbook.pdf)
(1) World Meteorological Organization Formats to: (a) Global Telecommunications Systems,
B. B. Expert Expert Analysis Analysis
FM-13 SHIP FM-18 BUOY FM-64 TESAC FM-65 WAVEOB & special formats: CMAN to the World’s Meteorological and Oceanographic Data Centers
As Asthe theIntegrated IntegratedOcean OceanObserving ObservingSystem System(IOOS) (IOOS)Data DataAssembly AssemblyCenter Center(DAC), (DAC),NOAA’s NOAA’s National NationalData DataBuoy BuoyCenter Center(NDBC) (NDBC)collects collectsdata datafrom frommany manyocean oceanobserving observingsystems, systems, quality qualitycontrols controlsthe thedata, data,and anddistributes distributesthem themnationally nationallyand andinternationally. internationally.The TheIOOS IOOS DAC DACcapabilities capabilitiesprovide provideinstant instantinteroperability interoperabilityof ofany anyocean oceanobservatory’s observatory’sdata datawith withthe the national nationaland andinternational internationalagencies agenciesresponsible responsiblefor forcritical criticalforecasts forecastsand andwarnings warningsand and with the national media. This interoperability is an important milestone in an observing with the national media. This interoperability is an important milestone in an observing system’s system’sdesignation designationas asan anoperational operationalsystem. system. The TheIOOS IOOSDAC DACmonitors monitorsand andquality qualitycontrols controlsIOOS IOOSPartner Partnerdata dataalerting alertingthe thedata dataprovider provider to tooutages outagesand andquality qualitycontrol controldiscrepancies. discrepancies.After Afterperforming performingautomated automatedand andmanual manual quality qualitycontrol controlprocedures, procedures,the theIOOS IOOSDAC DACprepares preparesthe theobservations observationsfor fordistribution. distribution.The The primary primarymeans meansof ofdata datadistribution distributionis isin instandard standardWorld WorldMeteorological MeteorologicalOrganization Organization alphanumeric coded messages distributed via the Global Telecommunications System alphanumeric coded messages distributed via the Global Telecommunications System and andNOAAPort. NOAAPort.Observing Observingsystems systemsprovide providetheir theirdata datavia viaftp ftpto toan anNDBC NDBCserver serverusing usingaa simple simpleXML XMLscheme. scheme. The TheIOOS IOOSDAC DACalso alsoposts postsdata datain inreal-time real-timeto tothe theNDBC NDBCwebpages webpagesin incolumnar columnartext textformat format and anddata dataplots plotsthat thatmaritime maritimeinterests interests(e.g., (e.g.,surfing, surfing,fishing, fishing,boating) boating)widely widelyuse. use.The The webpage text feeds the Dial-A-Buoy capability that reads the latest data from webpages webpage text feeds the Dial-A-Buoy capability that reads the latest data from webpages and andthe thelatest latestNWS NWSforecast forecastfor forthe thestation stationto toaauser uservia viatelephone telephone(see (see http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dial.shtml http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dial.shtmlfor formore moreinformation). information).The TheIOOS IOOSDAC DACalso alsooperates operatesaa DODS DODSserver serverusing usingOPenDAP OPenDAPsoftware softwareto toprovide providedata datain innetCDF netCDFformat. format.Recently Recentlythe the IOOS IOOSDAC DACadded addedanother anotheravenue avenueto toprovide providedata, data,with withthe theimplementation implementationof ofthe theNOAA NOAA IOOS Data Integration Framework (DIF). DIF facilitates the exchange of data between IOOS Data Integration Framework (DIF). DIF facilitates the exchange of data betweenIOOS IOOS Regional RegionalObserving ObservingSystems Systemsby bystandardizing standardizingdata dataexchange exchangeformats formatsand andincorporating incorporating needed neededmetadata metadatafor forthe thecorrect correctapplication applicationof ofthe thedata. data. The The“I” “I”in inIOOS IOOScan cannow nowbe be considered consideredInternational, International,as asthe theDAC DAChas hasbecome becomean anOceanSITES OceanSITESGlobal GlobalData DataAssembly Assembly Center Center(GDAC), (GDAC),which whichis ispart partof ofthe theInitial InitialGlobal GlobalObserving ObservingSystem Systemfor forClimate. Climate. Supported by the IOOS Program, the IOOS DAC provides round-the-clock monitoring, Supported by the IOOS Program, the IOOS DAC provides round-the-clock monitoring, quality qualitycontrol, control,and anddata datadistribution distributionto toensure ensurethat thatits itsIOOS IOOSPartners Partnerscan canconduct conduct operations operationsthat thatmeet meetthe theNOAA NOAAdefinition definitionof: of: Sustained, Sustained,systematic, systematic,reliable, reliable,and androbust robustmission missionactivities activitieswith withan aninstitutional institutional commitment commitmentto todeliver deliverappropriate, appropriate,cost-effective cost-effectiveproducts productsand andservices. services.
(b) NOAAPORT: Commercial subscription service of NOAA Data and Products (used by amongst many – Weather Channel).
(2) Text Formats on the NDBC Web Pages with Links to the Observatory
(4) Distributed Oceanographic Data Systems (DODS) using Open Source Project for Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) served in network Common Data Form(netCDF) http://dod.ndbc.noaa.gov/
(3) Voice from Dial-a-Buoy: 888-701-8992 (5) PROTOTYPE IOOS® Sensor Observation Service (SOS) – Machine to Machine XML formats
