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The Ocean Data Facility (ODF) data team is a centralized group that plays a crucial role in the collection, quality control, processing, and dissemination of oceanographic data. The team collaborates with multiple Oceanographic Data Centers and projects, including the NOAA-NCEI, SAMOS, NSIDC, BCODMO, R2R, and GO-SHIP CCHDO, among others.
One of the ODF data team's key responsibilities is managing GO-SHIP, a hydrographic program that focuses on global ocean observations. They have developed on-board processes specifically for the highest quality hydrographic and CTD data, ensuring consistency and accuracy in data collection.
The team's collaboration with these centers involves data exchange and interoperability, joint development of tools and systems, coordinated archiving and long-term stewardship, and support for global initiatives and programs. For example, the GO-SHIP CCHDO maintains global hydrographic data, which the ODF team might help curate or integrate. The NOAA-NCEI archives oceanographic and climate data, and collaboration ensures data flow and preservation. Partnerships with the NSIDC often address polar oceanographic data overlaps. R2R emphasizes automatic capture and sharing of cruise underway data, with coordination from ODF teams.
The ODF data team's origins can be traced back to the WOCE Hydrographic Program, but they continue to manage hydrographic programs beyond it. If you need further quotes and information about the ODF data team, you can contact Susan Becker.
This collaboration enables researchers and data users to access integrated oceanographic data sets across these platforms, fostering scientific discovery and operational uses. However, for precise roles or recent initiatives about the ODF data team’s collaborations with these centers, consulting their official websites or contacting the ODF directly would be advisable.
The ODF data team, working within environmental-science, utilizes data-and-cloud-computing and technology to manage global climate-change data, such as the GO-SHIP CCHDO's global hydrographic data, ensuring its curation and integration to support various research and operational uses. The collaboration with NOAA-NCEI, for instance, ensures the preservation and proper data flow of oceanographic and climate data.
