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May 10, 2023
NCEI and WHOI Begin Research Collaboration
NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) established a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to share high-quality oceanic data collected from the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative’s instrument arrays. The goal of the partnership is to archive and deliver the initiative’s data for continued research on ocean processes. “Under this partnership agreement, NOAA expects to be provided at least 30 years of high-quality oceanographic data produced by the Ocean Observatories Initiative, commissioned in 2017, for preservation and stewardship” said Jason Cooper, NCEI’s Archivist. Roles and Responsibilities NCEI will be responsible for acquiring and managing the required IT storage for the data that WHOI will provide, which is expected to amount to roughly seven terabytes. NCEI will ensure that the metadata associated with the data are up to federal and international standards such as those regarding storage, preservation, and accessibility. In addition to providing the data that have been collected to date, the agreement also calls for WHOI to transfer an additional 710 gigabytes of data annually for the next ten years. About WHOI “WHOI is pleased to be working with NCEI for the long-term preservation of data produced by the
May 9, 2023
NCEI and the Regional Climate Centers Celebrate 40-Year Anniversary
The Regional Climate Centers (RCCs) mark their 40-year anniversary working alongside NOAA.
May 8, 2023
Assessing the U.S. Climate in April 2023
During April, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 51.4°F, which is 0.3°F above the 20th century average.
May 4, 2023
U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for May 2, 2023
Moderate to exceptional drought covers 20.4% of the United States including Puerto Rico.
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