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Appendix B Statement of Task
Pages 102-105

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From page 102...
... Furthermore, it is not simply the individual data bits that must flow in all directions and be tailored according to their destination, it is likewise the overall conception of the system and its segments that must also serve multiple uses and respond to the special requirements of those uses. The third-party "added-value" commercial and non-profit users who broker applications by converting the data to more usable form are particularly notable.
From page 103...
... The production of realtime, high-resolution data products involving as little as a single observation will coexist in the overall information system with the development of synthesized, derived products involving data taken over decades, with all of the concomitant data quality issues. Long-term archiving and retrieval of environmental data is an accepted NOAA responsibility, but the impending data crest will make new demands for data stream transparency, traceability, access, and characterization.
From page 104...
... The operational environmental data system includes the community conceiving of a sensor, the manufacturer building a sensor, the data and information system that processes the sensor data, the distribution system delivering data to users, the short term active archive, the long-term permanent data archive, and the myriad users who will employ the data in various ways. In some instances those users may be principally concerned with relative measurements, e.g., a time series showing how a particular phenomena evolves where the desired information is in the changes rather than their absolute values.
From page 105...
... 5. Recommend appropriate approaches to secure the engagement of the science and applications community in successfully dealing with the challenges identified in the tasks above and in enhancing the utilization of both active short-term and longterm NOAA data archives.


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