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Preliminary Principles and Guidelines for Archiving Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA: Interim Report

Committee on Archiving and Accessing Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA

Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

Division on Earth and Life Studies

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone and Dr. Wm. A. Wulf are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National Research Council.

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COMMITTEE ON ARCHIVING AND ACCESSING ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOSPATIAL DATA AT NOAA

DAVID A. ROBINSON (Chair),

Rutgers University, New Jersey

DAVID C. BADER,

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California

DONALD W. BURGESS,

University of Oklahoma, Norman

KENNETH E. EIS,

Colorado State University, Fort Collins

SARA J. GRAVES,

University of Alabama, Huntsville

ERNEST G. HILDNER,

NOAA Space Environment Center (retired)

KENNETH E. KUNKEL,

Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign

MARK A. PARSONS,

University of Colorado, Boulder

MOHAN K. RAMAMURTHY,

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

DEBORAH K. SMITH,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts

JOHN R. G. TOWNSHEND,

University of Maryland, College Park

PAUL D. TRY,

Science and Technology Corporation, Williamsburg, Virginia

STEVEN J. WORLEY,

National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

XUBIN ZENG,

The University of Arizona, Tucson

NRC Staff

IAN KRAUCUNAS, Study Director

CHRIS ELFRING, Board Director

ELIZABETH A. GALINIS, Research Associate

ROB GREENWAY, Senior Program Assistant

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BOARD ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE

ROBERT J. SERAFIN (Chair),

National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

M. JOAN ALEXANDER,

NorthWest Research Associates/CORA, Boulder, Colorado

FREDERICK R. ANDERSON,

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington, D.C.

MICHAEL L. BENDER,

Princeton University, New Jersey

ROSINA M. BIERBAUM,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

MARY ANNE CARROLL,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

CAROL ANNE CLAYSON,

Florida State University, Tallahassee

WALTER F. DABBERDT,

Vaisala Inc., Boulder, Colorado

KERRY A. EMANUEL,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

DENNIS L. HARTMANN,

University of Washington, Seattle

PETER R. LEAVITT,

Weather Information Inc., Newton, Massachusetts

JENNIFER A. LOGAN,

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

VERNON R. MORRIS,

Howard University, Washington, D.C.

F. SHERWOOD ROWLAND,

University of California, Irvine

THOMAS H. VONDER HAAR,

Colorado State University/CIRA, Fort Collins

ROGER M. WAKIMOTO,

National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

Ex Officio Members

ANTONIO J. BUSALACCHI, JR.,

University of Maryland, College Park

ERIC F. WOOD,

Princeton University, New Jersey

NRC Staff

CHRIS ELFRING, Director

PAUL CUTLER, Senior Program Officer

AMANDA STAUDT, Senior Program Officer

IAN KRAUCUNAS, Associate Program Officer

CLAUDIA MENGELT, Associate Program Officer

ELIZABETH A. GALINIS, Research Associate

LEAH PROBST, Research Associate

ROB GREENWAY, Senior Program Assistant

DIANE GUSTAFSON, Administrative Coordinator

ANDREAS SOHRE, Financial Associate

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Preface

The National Research Council of the National Academies empanelled this Committee in response to a request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA-NESDIS) to provide advice on how to archive and provide access to its environmental and geospatial data. The Committee’s full statement of task is reproduced in Appendix B.

NOAA is to be commended for addressing data archiving and access, and for seeking external advice for such critical endeavors. In this interim report, the Committee proposes principles and guidelines that NOAA can use to begin planning specific archiving strategies for the environmental and geospatial data it currently collects. It is important to emphasize that these preliminary principles and guidelines are intended to provide a foundation for further discussions with NOAA and its community of data users on the topic of data archiving; they will be further developed and expanded by this Committee, incorporating community input, in a final report that also addresses data access issues.

As part of its deliberations in preparing this report, the Committee met twice, received briefings from representatives of each of the NOAA divisions involved in data archiving activities, and reviewed the existing and planned observational and derived data streams collected by NOAA and its partners, along with some of its current data management procedures and legal requirements. The Committee also considered the relative costs of saving certain types of derived data products versus regenerating these data from archived first-stream input, as well as the current and potential value to society of archiving a broad variety of environmental and geospatial data. We look forward to the second phase of our activities, which will focus on expanding these preliminary principles and guidelines to include guidance on the extent to which a wide variety of data sets and derived products should be made available.

The Committee would like to thank the following invited speakers for their input: Thomas Karl, Christopher Fox, John Bates, Richard Brooks, Kurt Schnebele, Bonnie Ponwith, Susan McLean and Richard Beeler. The insights of Robert Serafin, Chair of the National Research Council’s Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (NRC BASC) were also appreciated. Lastly, on behalf of the entire Committee, I want to express gratitude to Chris Elfring, Ian Kraucunas, Elizabeth Galinis, and Rob Greenway of the NRC BASC for their excellent support of this initial Committee effort.

David A. Robinson, Chair

Committee on Archiving and Accessing Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA

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Acknowledgments

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

William J. Emery, University of Colorado, Boulder

Kelvin K. Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma, Norman

Vincent V. Salomonson, University of Utah, South Jordan

Steven F. Clifford, University of Colorado, Boulder

Robert Chadduck, Electronic Records Archives Program, College Park, Maryland

Suzanne Carbotte, Columbia University, Palisades, New York

Steve Williams, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

Scott Kirkpatrick, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Margaret A. LeMone, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

Lee R. Raymond, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Irving, Texas

Although the reviewers listed above have provided constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the report’s conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Sheldon S. Alexander, Pennsylvania State University, and Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Appointed by the National Research Council, they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring panel and the institution.

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