NOAA Observing System Architecture

• The NOAA Observing System Architecture (NOSA) is a collection of over 100 of NOAA's environmental datasets.
• NOSA 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

References

• NOAA News, Feb. 14, 2005, http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2390.htm
• NOAA Office of Systems Development (OSD), Observing Systems Architecture (OSA), http://www.osd.noaa.gov/goesr_arch_study/docs/NOSA_Charts_for_GOES-R_KO.pdf

External links

• NOSA Homepage