1. NOAA Report David Clark NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC CEOS/WGISS 20 Budapest, Hungary May 12, 2006

2. Updates and Status Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) –2 ND CLASS Users Workshop, August 7-8 2006, Boulder, Colorado, USA –Boulder CLASS node operational September 2006 NOAA Observing Systems Architecture NOMADS GEO-IDE (see separate presentation)

4. To overcome a deficiency in model data access, some of the Nations top scientists are actively engaged in a grass-roots framework to share data and research findings over the Internet. NCDC, NCEP and GFDL initiated the NOAA Operational Model Archive and Distribution System. NOMADS is a distributed data services pilot for format independent access to climate and weather models and data. Overview

5. User Statistics Highest month: March 06 5.36Tb NCDC Only NCDC Only

6. NOAA Observing Systems Architecture NOAA can manage its observation system more efficiently and effectively with an architecture that defines a consistent set of principles, policies, and standards. The NOAA Observing System Architecture (NOSA) Action Group, directed by the NOSA Senior Steering Group, was established to develop an observational architecture that helps NOAA: –design observing systems that support NOAA's mission and provide maximum value, –avoid duplication of existing systems, and –operate efficiently and in a cost-effective 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 NOAA Observing system in Google Earth –Over 70 of NOAAs observing systems are in Google