About Data Management and Communication, DMAC

Central to the success of IOOS is the presence of a Data Management and Communication (DMAC) system capable of delivering real-time, delayed-mode, and historical data for in-situ and remotely-sensed physical, chemical and biological observations. Regional and Federal IOOS partners are working with the U.S. IOOS Program Office to develop this system, to make data and products discoverable and accessible, and to provide essential metadata regarding information sources, methods and quality.

The overall objectives are for IOOS partners to develop and maintain DMAC capabilities to:

• Deliver accurate and timely ocean observations and model outputs to a range of consumers including government, academic, private sector users, and the general public utilizing specifications common across all providers.
  
  
• Deploy the information system components (including infrastructure and relevant personnel) for full life-cycle management of observations from collection to product creation to public delivery, system documentation, and archiving
  
  
• Establish robust data exchange that is responsive to variable customer requirements and routine feedback and not tightly bound to a specific application of the data or particular end-user decision support tool.
  

Basic Components of Data Management and Communication, DMAC system

Presentation About Data Management and Communication (ppt)

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DMAC Implementation Plan

The latest version of the DMAC Plan (2011), describing DMAC requirements, architecture, planned implementation, etc can be found here: DMAC Plan 1.0

Concept of Operations for the DMAC subsystem

The initial high-level concept of operations (ConOps) for the DMAC subsystem: IOOS DMAC Concept of Operation

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News and Announcements

• 2/8/2013 - US IOOS Service Registry Updated
  
  
• 2/8/2013 - New Wave Buoy Pages on PacIOOS Website
  
  
• 2/8/2013 - HEADS UP - Next QARTOD Review set for March/April
  
  
• 1/25/13 - Quality Assurance and Control Standards for Real-Time Dissolved Oxygen Measurements Released

Contact Us

For general inquiries about DMAC projects contact:  data.ioos@noaa.gov

Technical forum

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IOOS System Status

Notifications of changes to registered IOOS data access services, such as the NDBC and CO-OPS SOS servers, are sent to the [ioos.system.status@noaa.gov] list.
If you would like to receive these notifications, please send a request to data.ioos@noaa.gov.