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What is the Unified Access Framework (UAF)?
UAF is a NOAA-wide effort to make environmental datasets easy to find and use. It is an important contribution to realizing the vision of NOAA's Global Earth Observation - Integrated Data Environment (GEO-IDE) Initiative.UAF follows the design philosophy: Don't solve problems - Copy success.
In its first year it has been exploiting the opportunities for gridded data access and interoperability that have been created by wide-spread use of a suite of open standards and technologies.
Highlighted Data Set and Data Provider: Group for High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) data sets are now available as part of the UAF project courtesy of the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). GHRSST provides high-resolution (<10km) sea surface temperature products to the oceanographic, meterological, climate and general scientific community.
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What is GEO-IDE?
NOAA's Global Earth Observation - Integrated Data Environment (GEO-IDE) is framework for engaging NOAA’s environmental data management communities through sharing expertise, experience, and information.
VisionNOAA’s GEO-IDE is envisioned as a “system of systems” – a framework that provides effective and efficient integration of NOAA’s many quasi-independent systems.FoundationBuilt upon agreed standards, principles and guidelines.ApproachEvolution of existing systems into a service-oriented architecture.ResultUsers are able to find, access, and use the environmental information they need to address significant societal questions. |