NOAA Report

David ClarkNOAA/NESDIS/NGDCCEOS/WGISS 20Kyiv, UkraineSeptember 8, 2005

Updates and Status

• Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS)– CLASS Users Workshop, August 2005,

Boulder, Colorado, USA– Boulder node operational June 2006

• Hurricane Katrina

Vision for NOAA Data Management

• reside in secure archives conforming to NARA and COOP standards

• be maintained at the highest standards of scientific data stewardship

• be searchable using advanced data discovery tools, to facilitate interdisciplinary studies

• be accessible through a common portal available to the scientific community, commercial sector, and general public based on advanced access tools

• be made accessible to broader data integration efforts, such as IOOS and GEOSS

Chris Fox, Director NGDC

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Current Configuration

CLASS

Web Interface

Users

CLASS Data Providers

NNDC

Web Interfaces

Users

NNDC Data Providers

MirrorTape

Warehouses

FGDC Metadata FGDC Metadata

Centers of Data

Users

Web Interfaces

Metadata?

?

Stage-2 Configuration

CLASS

Web Interface

Users

CLASS Data Providers

NNDC

Direct Access

Users

NNDC Data Providers

Application Interface (NOAA Server)

APIs APIs

Mirror Services Mirror

NOAA Metadata Manager and Repository

Users

Interfaces

Warehouse

Centers of Data

Metadata?

?

Final Configuration

CLASS

Web Interface

Users

CLASS Data Providers

NNDC

Direct Access

Users

NNDC Data Providers

NOAA Web Services

APIs APIs

Mirror Services Mirror

Centers of Data

Centers of Data Providers

APIs

Mirror

NOAA Metadata Manager and Repository

Data Discovery

Users

Projected CLASS Data Holdings By Year

August 2005

August 27, 2005 local time

August 30, 2005 local time

Power Outages = Red, Lights = Yellow and Green, Clouds = Blue