Development and Support for the USGODAE Server

Abstract

The U.S. Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (USGODAE) Monterey Data Server is envisioned as the hub for U.S. and international GODAE projects. To meet this goal, the data server must fulfill three major roles. First, the server must act as a data server, providing reliable access to observational data and surface forcing fields to drive GODAE ocean models. Second, the server must be part of a framework to access and compare ocean model or demonstration product output so that researchers can compare, analyze, and validate ocean models. Finally, the server must have well-organized, easily accessible documentation to simplify data usage, and provide details for the many GODAE and U.S. GODAE projects. The USGODAE Monterey Data Server should eventually become the first stop for users seeking U.S. GODAE data, documentation, or model output. Through USGODAE, users will be able to locate data and documentation hosted both on and off the server. The Asia Pacific Data Research Center (APDRC), which is hosted by the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) at the University of Hawaii, will function as a companion data center in support of GODAE climate forecasts. Over time, the two servers will be configured to appear as a single virtual data service for GODAE users. GODAE provides the context for bringing existing ocean data assimilation developments and applications together to accelerate improvements to models and the transition to the operational environment. Ready access to quality-controlled observations is necessary to achieve this. The USGODAE Monterey Data Server is designed to satisfy this requirement, and at the same time to promote interactions between observers and data assimilators and between different assimilation groups. These interactions are needed to share and extend the knowledge base that will lead to improved operational ocean models and products.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA476444

Entities

People

  • Mike Clancy
  • Steve Hankin

Organizations

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Climate
  • Data Centers
  • Data Management
  • Data Sets
  • Environment
  • High Resolution
  • Network Architecture
  • Ocean Observing Systems
  • Oceans
  • Project Management
  • Quality Control
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Systems Science
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers