The NOAA Observing System Architecture (NOSA) is a collection of over 100 of the environmental
datasets of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ) is an American scientific and regulatory agency charged with Weather forecasting, forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, Hydrography, charting the seas, ...
(NOAA) . It was established to develop an observational architecture that helps NOAA to design observing systems that support NOAA's
mission
Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to:
Geography Australia
*Mission River (Queensland)
Canada
*Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality
* Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
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, avoid duplication of existing systems and operate efficiently in a
cost-effective
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) is a form of economic analysis that compares the relative costs and outcomes (effects) of different courses of action. Cost-effectiveness analysis is distinct from cost–benefit analysis, which assigns a monetar ...
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 data communication system for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations via airband radio or satellite. The proto ...
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AERONET
AERONET - the AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) is a network of ground-based sun photometers which measure atmospheric aerosol properties. The measurement system is a solar-powered CIMEL Electronique 318A spectral radiometer that measures Sun ...
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FluxNet
FLUXNET is a global network of micrometeorological tower sites that use eddy covariance methods to measure the exchanges of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy between the biosphere and atmosphere. FLUXNET is a global 'network of regional net ...
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Coastal-Marine Automated Network
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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