Coastal Observation Technology System COTS Data Management Workshop

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Coastal Observation Technology System (COTS) Data
Management Workshop

• Goals
• Participants are knowledgeable about good data
  management practices
• protocols, standards, and documentation
• Participants agree to establish guidelines for
  data management practices to facilitate data
  sharing and integration nationally

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National Framework forIntegrated Ocean Observing
System

• US Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
• OCEAN.US/National Ocean Research Leadership
  Council Plan as requested by Congress
• National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
• NOAA actions

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Global Ocean Observing SystemEnd-Use Themes

• Improve predictions of climate change
• Facilitate safe and efficient marine operations
• Improve national security
• Enable sustained use of marine resources
• Protect and restore marine ecosystems
• Mitigate natural hazards
• Reduce public health risks

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Integrated Ocean Observing System
(IOOS) Purpose Efficiently link ocean
observations to data management and analysis for
timely delivery of environmental data and
information
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• IOOS Components
• National Backbone
• Highest priority variables
• National interest and scope
• Federally-led, sustained observations
• National characterization and assessment
• Contribute to regional observing systems
• Ex National Water Level Observation Network
• Regional Systems
• Target regional priorities
• Contribute to national picture

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• Ocean.US
• regional systems provide the primary interface
  with users outside the federal agencies. ??
• Overarching Recommendations -
• Need for an integrated approach to data
  dissemination and management DAC subsystem
• The establishment of government processes to
  build and sustain an operational observing system
  for coastal and oceanic environments

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ICON
NWLON
CORE
CORMP
IOC
Ocean.US
CaroCOOPS
CIMT
NOAA
GoMOOS
WAVCIS
CICOR
ISOOS
States
TABS
NGLI
ACT
NGOs
COOA
NDBC
CICOR
CGOOS
TCOON
CBOS
EPA
USGS
Industry
NOPP
LEO15
NORLC
ACOE
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The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
In 1994, President Clinton created the National
Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
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The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)

• Includes policies, standards, and procedures that
  help people produce and share geographic data.

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Data Quality Act (Section 515)
Ensuring and maximizing the Quality Objectivity Ut
ility Integrity of information disseminated by
Federal agencies
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• NOAA
• Plan for NOAAs role in ISOOS is in development
  (due end of summer)
• organizational framework for IOOS
• contribute to national backbone (water level)
• data management, integration, archiving
• support of regional systems
• NOS data portal as prototype for NOAA portal

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NOS Plans for Coastal Observing

• Develop a coastal data portal to provide one
  stop shopping for users of NOS
  monitoring/observing information
• Identify candidate demonstration projects which
  emphasize and leverage existing expertise
• Develop a set of national standards for
  biological sampling of living marine resources,
  working with NMFS and other experts
• Create fully compliant FGDC metadata records
• Coordinate with NOAAs coastal observing and
  OCEAN.US efforts

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• NOAAs Goals for COTS
• Adhere to accepted standards for data collection
  and management
• Benefit NOAA and its customers through expanded
  data availability and use (e.g. NSDI)
• Create linkages between researchers and coastal
  management decision making (refine customers)
• Participate as pilots for framing and testing
  IOOS

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• Status of COTS Grants
• Grant Awarded
• Univ. Maryland
• Application package to GMD
• Univ. North Carolina at Wilmington
• Univ. South Carolina
• Univ. New Hampshire
• Reviews sent back to PI
• California State Universities (MLML)
• Univ. California at Santa Cruz
• Waiting on Reviews
• Louisiana State University

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Future of COTS?