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National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) to participate in the NOAA Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping Workshop (IOCM)
David Fischman and Chris Fox will attend the IOCM workshop in Silver Spring, Maryland on March 18-19, 2009. The workshop is a continuation of the 2007 IOCM Workshop in Charleston, South Carolina that made progress addressing a single repository for IOCM metadata through Geospatial One Stop. The 2009 workshop will focus on creating a better understanding of ocean and coastal mapping activities, building support for developing a business model, and identifying new actions to fully implement IOCM throughout NOAA within five years. Attendees will include U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Minerals Management Service and several NOAA offices.
Significance: According to the final report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, a renewed U.S. commitment to ocean science and technology will require not only substantially increased funding, but also improved strategic planning, closer interagency coordination, robust technology and infrastructure, and 21st century data management systems. The IOCM is central to the successful implementation of the Ocean Policy recommendations. In keeping with our mission to steward ocean geophysical data, NGDC is actively supporting the IOCM through improved and expanded data and metadata management, support of the IOCM Geospatial One-Stop, and enabling the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System "Rolling-deck to Repository" management and delivery of geophysical data.
Outcome: This activity supports the improvement of our environmental and marine infrastructure and to develop a more robust Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
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NOAA Provides Ionosonde Data to Major Institutions
Ionosonde project team members from NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provided ionosonde measurements to the Naval Research Laboratory for use in validating the operational Global Assimilative Ionospheric Measurements model. Ionosonde observations were also provided to Aerospace Corporation, Stanford Research Institute, Boston College, the University of Colorado, and Cornell University.
Significance: These data are crucial for long term climatology investigations, ionospheric model validations, coordinated ground/space observations and experiments. These data are also used operationally by the National Weather Service Space Weather Prediction Center and the Air Force Weather Agency.
Outcome: This ongoing effort supports the Goal 3 objective to demonstrate global leadership on environmental issues.
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National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Scientist Supports NOAA Operational Algorithm Team (OAT)
Dr. Chris Elvidge from NGDC will attend the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Operational Algorithm Team (OAT) meeting for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). The meeting is being held at the Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems contractor facility in Redondo Beach, California on March 3-4, 2009. Dr. Elvidge will discuss, in particular, the calibration/validation of the VIIRS Day-Night Band (DNB).
Significance: Dr Elvidge has extensive experience in providing earth-imagery products using data from the Operational Linescan System (OLS) DNB on Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft.
Outcome: This supports the Goal 4 objective to broaden and develop a more robust Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
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National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) image of the "Age of the Oceanic Lithosphere" featured in Scientific American
Scientific American has published a color image created by NGDC's Elliot Lim and Jesse Varner, graphically illustrating the age of the ocean floor around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The image is featured in the article "The Origin of Land Under the Sea", in the February 2009 issue of Scientific American. It is based on a 2-minute resolution grid representing the age of the oceanic crust compiled in April 2008 by Dietmar Müller, et al. and three companion digital models of age uncertainty, spreading rates, and spreading asymmetries of the world's ocean basins. Both the featured image and underlying data are available on the NOAA/NGDC website (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/crustalimages.html), and the image is also being displayed on NOAA's "Science On a Sphere®" (http://sos.noaa.gov/).
Significance: Compelling graphic representations of scientific data bring research results to a wide audience in an intuitive form, in support of NOAA's engagement activities.
Outcome: This activity supports the Integrated Oceans and Coastal Mapping program and the general goal to improve our environmental and marine infrastructure and engagement to develop a more robust Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
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NOAA Scientist Helps Plan Science Workshop in Africa
The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is actively involved in planning the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) and Scintillation Network Decision Aid (SCINDA) workshop to be held in Livingstone, Zambia in June 2009. Justin Mabie, CIRES affiliate at NGDC, is helping to organize the meeting, invite guest speakers and attendees, and develop plans on how to provide support to African scientists. Justin has been also appointed as a co-convener for the open forum on the "Availability of Databases" for research and scientific inquiry.
Significance: The primary purposes of the workshop are to promote space science and education in Africa, improve collaboration with IHY data providers and the scientific community, and promote scientific research in African regions needing more up-to-date capabilities that can yield more complete information on the environment.
Outcome: This effort demonstrates global leadership on environmental issues and helps advance the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
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