Data Interoperability Between Elements of the Global Ocean Observing System

Derrick Snowden; Vardis M. Tsontos; Nils Olav Handegard; Marcos Zarate; Kevin O’ Brien; Kenneth S. Casey; Neville Smith; Helge Sagen; Kathleen Bailey; Mirtha N. Lewis; Sean C. Arms

doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00442

Frontiers in Marine Science (Jul 2019)

Data Interoperability Between Elements of the Global Ocean Observing System

Derrick Snowden,
Vardis M. Tsontos,
Nils Olav Handegard,
Marcos Zarate,
Kevin O’ Brien,
Kenneth S. Casey,
Neville Smith,
Helge Sagen,
Kathleen Bailey,
Mirtha N. Lewis,
Sean C. Arms

Affiliations

Derrick Snowden: US Integrated Ocean Observing System Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Vardis M. Tsontos: PO.DAAC, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Nils Olav Handegard: Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Marcos Zarate: Centre for the Study of Marine Systems, Patagonian National Research Centre, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Kevin O’ Brien: Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Kenneth S. Casey: National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Neville Smith: GODAE Ocean Services, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Helge Sagen: Institute of Marine Research, Norwegian Marine Data Centre, Bergen, Norway
Kathleen Bailey: US Integrated Ocean Observing System Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Mirtha N. Lewis: Centre for the Study of Marine Systems, Patagonian National Research Centre, National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Sean C. Arms: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Unidata, Boulder, CO, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00442
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6

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The data management landscape associated with the Global Ocean Observing System is distributed, complex, and only loosely coordinated. Yet interoperability across this distributed landscape is essential to enable data to be reused, preserved, and integrated and to minimize costs in the process. A building block for a distributed system in which component systems can exchange and understand information is standardization of data formats, distribution protocols, and metadata. By reviewing several data management use cases we attempt to characterize the current state of ocean data interoperability and make suggestions for continued evolution of the interoperability standards underpinning the data system. We reaffirm the technical data standard recommendations from previous OceanObs conferences and suggest incremental improvements to them that can help the GOOS data system address the significant challenges that remain in order to develop a truly multidisciplinary data system.

Published in Frontiers in Marine Science

ISSN: 2296-7745 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science

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