Implementing a Live Access Server to Enhance Access to Coast Survey Development Laboratory Data-Gulf of Mexico Experimental Nowcast/Forecast System.

摘要

The Marine Modeling and Analysis Programs (MMAP) Branch of NOAA/National Ocean Services (NOS) Coast Survey Development Laboratory (CSDL) has implemented a Live Access Server (LAS) to improve dissemination of its scientific data. The LAS, which is a software package developed at NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric Research's (OAR) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), acts as a web server that helps public and government users to discover, display, and download CSDL datasets. The LAS facilitates finding a needed dataset by providing the user with a hierarchical structure that organizes a collection of datasets with descriptive titles. Each title indicates what data is available in that branch of the hierarchy. Displaying data is accomplished with Ferret, a data visualization program developed by the PMEL. A key component of the LAS download function is a feature allowing users to retrieve only the spatial and temporal portion of the dataset that they need. This capability reduces communication bandwidth and user storage requirements for customers wanting to leverage CSDL's large datasets.