Data Management Plan
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Data Management Plan
DMP Template v2.0.1 (2015-01-01)
Please provide the following information, and submit to the NOAA DM Plan Repository.Reference to Master DM Plan (if applicable)
As stated in Section IV, Requirement 1.3, DM Plans may be hierarchical. If this DM Plan inherits provisions from a higher-level DM Plan already submitted to the Repository, then this more-specific Plan only needs to provide information that differs from what was provided in the Master DM Plan.
1. General Description of Data to be Managed
NOAA develops, operates and maintains a national network of operational nowcast and forecast hydrodynamic modeling systems referred to as Operational Forecast Systems (OFS) to further support its mission goals and priorities for safe navigation and understanding environmental conditions. The OFS have typically been the result of collaborations within the National Ocean Service (NOS). However, critical partners in NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), other government agencies and academia have also resulted in the implementation of an OFS. Looking ahead, NOS will continue to work with its external research partners to enhance its modeling capabilities. An OFS consists of the automated integration of observing system data streams, hydrodynamic model predictions, product dissemination and continuous quality control monitoring. State-of-the-art numerical hydrodynamic models driven by real-time data and model forecast guidance form the core of these end-to-end systems.
The models generate nowcast and forecast guidance outputs for four environmental parameters: water levels, water temperatures, salinity and currents. The web pages display time series and animations of the aforementioned four parameters along with the NWS forecasted winds used to force the latest OFS nowcast and forecast runs.
The OFS are implemented in critical ports, harbors, estuaries, the Great Lakes and coastal waters of the United States, and join NOS' operational oceanographic capabilities to form a national backbone of real-time data, tidal and tidal current predictions, data management and operational modeling. The OFS provide nowcast and short-term (0 - 120 hour) forecast guidance.
Notes: Only a maximum of 4000 characters will be included.
Notes: Data collection is considered ongoing if a time frame of type "Continuous" exists.
Notes: All time frames from all extent groups are included.
Notes: All geographic areas from all extent groups are included.
(e.g., digital numeric data, imagery, photographs, video, audio, database, tabular data, etc.)
(e.g., satellite, airplane, unmanned aerial system, radar, weather station, moored buoy, research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicle, animal tagging, manual surveys, enforcement activities, numerical model, etc.)
2. Point of Contact for this Data Management Plan (author or maintainer)
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. The support role must be in effect.
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. This field is required if applicable.
3. Responsible Party for Data Management
Program Managers, or their designee, shall be responsible for assuring the proper management of the data produced by their Program. Please indicate the responsible party below.
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Data Steward" is used. The support role must be in effect.
4. Resources
Programs must identify resources within their own budget for managing the data they produce.
5. Data Lineage and Quality
NOAA has issued Information Quality Guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information which it disseminates.
(describe or provide URL of description):
Lineage Statement:
Data from active sensors are recorded and transmitted; then they go through a quality control procedure and are loaded into a database.
Model output files include 2-dimensional fields of wind speed and direction and water level elevations, and 3-dimensional fields of tidal currents, water temperature, and salinity. These hourly fields are updated four times per day. Time series at specific points are also outputted on a six-minute interval with most locations coinciding with CO-OPS observational stations. All of these outputs cover a 6-hour nowcast period and at least a 48-hour forecast. Wind model output are derived from products of National Weather Service's operational weather models, such as North American Mesoscale (NAM), Global Forecast System (GFS), High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR), or National Digital Forecast Database (NDFD).
(describe or provide URL of description):
The Continuous Operational Real-time Monitoring System (CORMS) staff is responsible for the 24 hours a day, 7 days a week monitoring of NOS operational observations, predictions, and operational forecast systems (models). The Modeling Team will work with CORMS to investigate the flags and work on solutions to ensure timely and correct information is displayed on the OFS web page and disseminated through the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) THREDDS server.
6. Data Documentation
The EDMC Data Documentation Procedural Directive requires that NOAA data be well documented, specifies the use of ISO 19115 and related standards for documentation of new data, and provides links to resources and tools for metadata creation and validation.
Missing/invalid information:
- 1.7. Data collection method(s)
- 4.1. Have resources for management of these data been identified?
- 4.2. Approximate percentage of the budget for these data devoted to data management
- 7.1. Do these data comply with the Data Access directive?
- 7.1.1. If data are not available or has limitations, has a Waiver been filed?
- 7.1.2. If there are limitations to data access, describe how data are protected
- 7.2. Name of organization of facility providing data access
- 7.2.1. If data hosting service is needed, please indicate
- 7.3. Data access methods or services offered
- 7.4. Approximate delay between data collection and dissemination
- 8.1. Actual or planned long-term data archive location
- 8.3. Approximate delay between data collection and submission to an archive facility
- 8.4. How will the data be protected from accidental or malicious modification or deletion prior to receipt by the archive?
(describe or provide URL of description):
7. Data Access
NAO 212-15 states that access to environmental data may only be restricted when distribution is explicitly limited by law, regulation, policy (such as those applicable to personally identifiable information or protected critical infrastructure information or proprietary trade information) or by security requirements. The EDMC Data Access Procedural Directive contains specific guidance, recommends the use of open-standard, interoperable, non-proprietary web services, provides information about resources and tools to enable data access, and includes a Waiver to be submitted to justify any approach other than full, unrestricted public access.
None
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Distributor" is used. The support role must be in effect. This information is not required if an approved access waiver exists for this data.
Notes: This field is required if a Distributor has not been specified.
https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-ofs/
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/model/model.html
https://opendap.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.html
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/models.html
Notes: All URLs listed in the Distribution Info section will be included. This field is required if applicable.
Notes: This field is required if applicable.
8. Data Preservation and Protection
The NOAA Procedure for Scientific Records Appraisal and Archive Approval describes how to identify, appraise and decide what scientific records are to be preserved in a NOAA archive.
(Specify NCEI-MD, NCEI-CO, NCEI-NC, NCEI-MS, World Data Center (WDC) facility, Other, To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended)
Notes: This field is required if archive location is World Data Center or Other.
Notes: This field is required if archive location is To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended.
Notes: Physical Location Organization, City and State are required, or a Location Description is required.
Discuss data back-up, disaster recovery/contingency planning, and off-site data storage relevant to the data collection
9. Additional Line Office or Staff Office Questions
Line and Staff Offices may extend this template by inserting additional questions in this section.