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    • NOAA Unified Access Framework (UAF)

    Metadata Updated: October 19, 2024

    The Unified Access Framework project supports NOAA's Global Earth Observation - Integrated Data Environment (GEO-IDE) initiative and has created a framework for engaging NOAA's environmental data management communities through sharing expertise, experience, and information.

    NOAA's GEO-IDE is envisioned as a "system of systems" - a framework that provides effective and efficient integration of NOAA's many quasi-independent systems. In order to make this possible, the framework must be built upon agreed standards, principles and guidelines. The UAF project encourages the use of the NetCDF file format, the Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata conventions and the Data Access Protocol (DAP) for local and remote file access. The UAF philosophy is "Don't solve problems, copy success", meaning that by leveraging widely used tools and conventions, we believe we can greatly improve data integration within NOAA and also with NOAA partners.

    The UAF approach is to encourage the evolution of existing systems into a service-oriented architecture. The goal of such an architecture is for users to be able to find, access, and use the environmental information they need while also minimizing overall data management burdens.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date February 11, 2019
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) August 1, 2009 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update continual

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from UAF WAF

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Graphical representation of the UAF data model and representative image of gridded data.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 11, 2019
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) August 1, 2009 (publication)
    Responsible Party DOC/NOAA/OAR/PMEL > Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid noaa_dmit_uaf
    Access Constraints Cite as: O'Brien, Kevin, Burger, Eugene, Schweitzer, Roland, Simons, Bob, de La Beaujardiere, Jeff, Casey, Kenneth, Davis, Ethan, Hankin, Steve, Li, Yuanjie, McDonald, Ken, McCullouch, Lewis, Mendelssohn, Roy, Signell, Rich, Haberman, Ted (2009). NOAA Unified Access Framework. [indicate subset used]. NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. [access date].
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    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update continual
    Graphic Preview Description Graphical representation of the UAF data model and representative image of gridded data.
    Graphic Preview File https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/noaa_dmit_UAF.png
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
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    Harvest Source Id 222bcd04-6216-45ff-84ca-a94cf8db47df
    Harvest Source Title UAF WAF
    Licence
    Lineage Data files contributed into UAF are generated using UAF-compatible conventions and formats -- most commonly this means using NetCDF files that follow the CF conventions or using WMO-standard GRIB files. These files are served over the Internet using the OPeNDAP protocol and THREDDS catalogs. Data are provided by line offices across NOAA.
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1854-01-01

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