The NOAA Observing System Architecture (NOSA) is a collection of over 100 of the environmental
datasets of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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(NOAA) . It was established to develop an observational architecture that helps NOAA to design observing systems that support NOAA's
mission
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, avoid duplication of existing systems and operate efficiently in a
cost-effective
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manner.
NOSA includes:
* NOAA's observing systems (and others) required to support NOAA's mission,
* The relationship among observing systems; including how they contribute to support NOAA's mission and associated observing requirements, and
* The guidelines governing the design of a target architecture and the evolution toward this target architecture
See also
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ACARS
In aviation, ACARS (; an acronym for Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) is a digital datalink system for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations via airband radio or satellite. The protocol was d ...
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AERONET
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FluxNet
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Coastal-Marine Automated Network
The Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) is a meteorological observation network along the coastal United States. Consisting of about sixty stations installed on lighthouses, at capes and beaches, on near shore islands, and on offshore platfo ...
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* {{cite web, title=NOAA Maps the Future of Sensors that Gather Data from the 'Bottom of the Ocean to the Sun', url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=11977, publisher=www.spaceref.com, accessdate=15 June 2016
External links
NOSA Homepage
Meteorological data and networks