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1 Introduction
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... are uncertain, NOAA has agreed to archive certain data collected by other agencies, such as MODIS (Moderate Resolution 2Bureau of Economic Analysis figures reported in National Research Council, 1998, The Atmospheric Sciences Entering the Twenty-First Century, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., page 25. 3NOAA Administrative Order 212-15, effective 22 December 2003, available at http://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/~ames/NAOs/Chap_212/naos_212_15.html 4NOAA 2007 budget request "blue book," available at http://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/~nbo/07bluebook_highlights.html 3
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... satellites, fixed and mobile radars, research aircraft, buoys, and ships of opportunity, and may be derived from such diverse sources as embedded sensors, models, physical samples, and self-organizing networks, each of which are associated with unique challenges in organizing, cataloguing, archiving, and providing access to the data they collect or generate. 12,000 1,200,000 11,000 DEDAOLN 10,000 1,000,000 9,000 ED 8,000 800,000 SERV W 7,000 DO 6,000 600,000 TSSOH TES 5,000 BYAGIG 4,000 400,000 3,000 CTNITSID 2,000 200,000 1,000 0 0 FY93 FY94 FY95 FY96 FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 Figure 1: Quarterly data downloads from NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
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... For instance, the recently completed Assessment of NOAA's Environmental Data and Information Management report (NOAA, 2006) includes a comprehensive, NOAA-wide assessment of data management capabilities organized by its mission goals.
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