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FicuKE 29. Fiducial Data Collection and Cokrelative Oceanographic Data 



riiia schematic illustration 

 shows the concept of 

 lolleciion ofNTM Global 

 nducial Data and the use 

 of correlative oceanographic 

 data. For example, the 

 correlative data could involve 

 ocean thermal or salinity 

 structure, bathymetry, or 

 even model outputs involving 

 estimates of ocean currents. 

 Both historical data, such 

 as that resident in MOODS 

 and "realtime " data such 

 as GOODS, will be useful 

 in this analysis. 



Many aspects of the database architecture remain unresolved, 

 and these could drastically affect cost. A prominent example 

 involves the need for an offsite/onsite image browse capability, 

 possibly developed in phases. The first phase might involve 

 only receiving and disseminating NTM data via courier with an 

 on-line comiectivity to IDBMS (see the next section ) appearing 

 only in a later phase. The WSC could evolve to the complete 

 capability not only for data access but also for the analysis of 

 NTM ocean data. This would fiirther extend NAVOCEANO's 

 capability, building a high-resolution, global oceanography 

 center of excellence. 



4. FINDINGS 



The findings relative to scientific exploitation of fiducial 

 data are: 



• Effective exploitation of the NTM ocean fiducial data will 

 require simultaneous use of these data along with a wide 

 variety of correlative oceanographic data that are currently 

 resident at NAVOCEANO. 



• Archiving of the NTM ocean fiducial data at the SSC will 

 facilitate their prompt exploitation for ocean science, 

 whereas waiting until the correlative data are available 

 at the central fiducial archive site would postpone effective 

 use of the ocean fiducial data and jeopardize the very 

 rationale for their collection. 



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