noaa-ncei-integrated-ocean-observing-system
NOAA Integrated Ocean Observer System

@article{,
title= {noaa-ncei-integrated-ocean-observing-system},
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author= {NOAA Integrated Ocean Observer System},
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url= {https://data.ioos.us/about},
abstract= {CORRECTED AND UPDATED VERSION: may break previous downloaded versions.


The IOOS Catalog (https://data.ioos.us/) is an open data portal containing IOOS’ portfolio of oceanographic observations and forecast products provided by IOOS’ 11 Regional Associations (RAs), functional Data Assembly Centers (DACs) such as the HF Radar DAC and Glider DAC, and IOOS’ federal partners. The Catalog inventories all IOOS Data Management (DMAC)-compliant data access service endpoints provided by these entities in a single metadata repository, for discovery by end users.

The Catalog is populated by ISO 19115 metadata records that describe the observations taken and forecast model outputs produced by the RAs and DACs using DMAC-recommended standard vocabularies and data formats wherever possible (netCDF-CF [1], ACDD [2]). The RAs and DACs publish their metadata to web accessible folders, or OGC CS-W services, and the Catalog harvests metadata from these locations on a daily basis. Because IOOS data provider metadata is often produced in an automated fashion by software reading native data file attributes (such as CF attribution in a netCDF file, for example), a daily automated harvest of the ISO XML metadata is necessary, in order to keep frequently varying information such as dataset time coverage current.

The Catalog provides a searchable user graphical user interface (https://data.ioos.us/) for interactive data discovery by users, as well as a native API (https://data.ioos.us/api/3) and OGC CS-W (https://data.ioos.us/csw?service=CSW&request=GetCapabilities) -compatible service for machine-based access to its inventory of data products. Downstream national IOOS products such as the IOOS Environmental Sensor Map (https://sensors.ioos.us) use the Catalog inventory for real-time sensor observation services to include in its map portal.

The IOOS Catalog is made up of three main components:

the Data Catalog (the public user interface, based on CKAN open data catalog software)
the Harvest Registry (an internal site used by data providers to manage metadata harvest sources)
the Service Monitor (service uptime monitoring)

Additional information about the IOOS Catalog and components, including instructions for IOOS data providers, can be found here: https://ioos.github.io/catalog.

Catalog GitHub Repository: https://github.com/ioos/catalog. For information on project development timelines, Catalog source code, or to file an issue, please see the GitHub repo.},
keywords= {NOAA, NCEI, IOOS, AOOS, CARICOOS, CeNCOOS, GCOOS, GLOS, MARACOOS, NANOOS, NERACOOS, PACIOOS, SCOOS, SECOORA},
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