1. The NOAA Big Data Project Weather and Climate Models Satellite Imagery Fisheries Data Surface Observations Severe Weather Warnings Coastal Mapping

2. NOAA BDP: Massive Volume

3. NOAA’s Data Challenge

4. The Goals So that the world can…… Broad Access that is highly scalable High Resolution and Low Latency Driven by Public Demand At No net cost to the Government Incorporate our best information into their decision process Develop better applications, products, and Services Invent something that we cannot yet envision

5. Yes, let’s put our data on the cloud. But how? February 21, 2014 September 26, 2014 October 17, 2014

6. Our Approach: Data Alliances Insert Graphic Here – still working on it

7. Early Architectural Concept Earth Observations Earth Observations Model Outputs Agency Service Tier Access ServicesCatalog MetadataFormatting agency security boundary end user 1end user 2end user 3 integration functions analysis functions master copy of data agency-provided services cloud provider(s) working copy of data application & product providers end users Custom Product/ App #1 Custom Product/ App #2 Custom Product/ App #3

8. An Invitation to experiment, innovate…. BDP Anchor- Partners

9. …and create

10. CRADA: Cooperative Research & Development Agreement Core Policy Principle #1 Non-exclusive access to NOAA Data Core Policy Principle #2 Equal access to NOAA data on equal terms

11. Looking Ahead