Title :
Establishing the GCOOS Regional Association´s data portal
Author :
Howard, M.K. ; Gayanilo, Felimon C. ; Jochens, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Oceanogr., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) received two multi-year NOAA grants to develop regional data systems supportive of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). One grant provides modest support to ten sub-regional observatories to modify their existing data systems to allow them to become stand-alone interoperable IOOS data nodes. The other grant supports the establishment of a regional data portal. The following describes the evolution and current status of the GCOOS-RA´s data portal and some of the challenges encountered by the developers.
Keywords :
data structures; geophysics computing; oceanography; portals; GCOOS regional association data portal; GCOOS-RA; Gulf of Mexico coastal ocean observing system regional association; IOOS data nodes; U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System; multiyear NOAA grants; Data systems; Global Earth Observation System of Systems; Observatories; Oceans; Petroleum; Portals; Satellites; Sea measurements; Web services; XML;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2009, MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges
Conference_Location :
Biloxi, MS
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4960-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-933957-38-1
