FY11 Annual Report

National Oceanographic Data Center

Table of Contents

NODC’s Mission and Vision 1

Ocean Data Access 3

Ocean Data Archive 3

Ocean Data Products 4

NOAA Information 4

Corporate Values and Services 4

NODC Employees 6

FY2011 Publications 7 NODC Communications 10

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National Oceanographic Data Center(NODC)

The mission of the National Oceanographic Data Center is to provide scientific stewardship of marine data and information.

The vision is to be recognized as the nation’s premier repository and pro-vider of marine data and information.

NODC’s service to the nation is to identify, archive, and disseminate ma-rine data, information, and products useful to the marine community.

Message from the DirectorIwanttoexpressmydeepgratitudetoourstaff,whoarecommittedanddedicatedtowardeveryaspectofthedatawesteward.Theyhaveapassiontomakesurethenextgenerationofuserswillfindnovelwaystousethedatathiscurrentgenerationhasinvestedsomuchin.Thiscommitmentismadepossiblebyourinteractionswiththeoceancommunityandyourwillingnessandenthusiasmtopreserveyourdatalegacy.NODCcelebratedits50thyearonJanuary2011.

OuraccomplishmentsfromFY11reflectourcontinuingpathtowardmeetingourgoalsbyprovidingaperma-nentarchivetooceandata,providingeasyaccesstodata,andgeneratingproductsrecognizedasauthoritativedataandinformationrecords.

DuringFY2011,NODCsuccessfullylinkeditsinteroperabledataservicesthroughasingleGeoportalServerinterface,therebyallowingusersandtheirsoftwareclientstoeasilydiscover,use,andunderstandthevastcol-lectionofoceandataandinformationintheNODCArchives.WelaunchedahighlysuccessdigitalpilotGulfofMexicodataatlas.NODCcontinuedtoaddvaluetoobservationsanddatabybuildingonthesuccessofitsproductssuchasWorldOceanAtlasandDatabase,GulfofMexicoandInternationalAtlases,RegionalClima-tologies,OERandCoRIS,GTSPP,CoastalBeachTemperatures(andmanyothers).

DuringFY12,NODCwillcontinuetostrengthenandexpanditscorecapabilitiesofarchive,access,products,andinformationthatmeetitsmissiontoscientificallystewardmarinedataandinformation.Inlightofapro-posedFY13budgetreduction,NODCwillfocusonsolidifyingitsinfrastructure:intheareaofarchive,NODCwillcontinuetofacilitatetheinteractionsbetweendataprovidersandthearchiveandbegintomorefullyutilizetheCLASSITinfrastructure.Intheareaofaccess,NODCwillfocusonprovidingintegratedandeasyaccesstoitsproductsandarchiveddatabyestablishingaglobaloceancurrentdatabaseandexpandingonthesuccessofitsFY11pilotontheGulfofMexicoatlas.Intheareaofproducts,NODCwillfocusongeneratingandprovid-ingaccesstodataandinformationontheArcticOcean.Intheareaofinformation,NODCwillbuildonitsworkwithNTISandprovideanInstitutionalRepositoryforallNOAAgenerateddocumentsrelatedtoDWH.

NODClooksforwardtoworkingandmeetingtheneedsoftheoceancommunityforthenext50years.

Margarita Gregg

Director,NationalOceanographicDataCenter

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Meeting NODC’s Mission in Fiscal Year 2011Highlights

NODC Celebrated 50 years of Providing Scientific Stewardship to Marine Data and Information: Inobservanceofits50thAnniversary,NODCheldacelebrationandOpenHouseonJanuary13,2011.

NODCopeneditsdoorsonNovember1,1960undertheUnitedStatesNavyHydrographicOffice.In1970,NODCwasformallytransferredfromtheU.S.NavyHydrographicOfficetothenewlyformedNationalOce-anicandAtmosphericAdministration(NOAA),undertheDepartmentofCommerce.NODCnowmaintainstheworld’slargestcollectionofoceanographicdata.

ThecelebrationwasattendedbybothNODCstaffandanumberofotherNOAApersonnel.DeputyUnderSecretaryMaryGlackinandAssistantAdministratorMaryKiczagavetheopeningremarks.TwentyoneNODCretireesalsoattendedthecelebration,providingpersonalaccountsoftheirexperiencesatthedatacenter.TheanniversaryrecognizedtheessentialworkdonebyNODCoverthepast50years.

NODC Provides Critical Information and Data Management Support for Disasters: NODChasdeliveredamulti-faceted,directresponsetoongoingdisastersthathavegravehealthandeconomicconsequences.Datafromsatellites,aircraft,buoysandglidersprovidecriticalinformationtoguideemergencyresponse.

TheDeepwaterHorizonrigexplosionandresultantoilspilltookplaceintheGulfofMexicoonApril20,2010,leadingtowidespreaddamageofmarineandcoastalhabitatsaswellasdisruptionoftheGulf’sfishingandtourismindustries.NODChasledthedatamanagementeffortforthisdisaster.

InresponsetotheFukushimareactordisaster,theNOAACentralLibrary,incollaborationwithNOAA’sOfficeofOceanicandAtmosphericResearchandNationalMarineFisheriesService,cre-atedandcontinuestoupdateabibliographyofmorethan500cita-tionsonanthropogenicradionuclidesinthemarineenvironment.

NODC’sNationalCoastalDataDevelopmentCenter(NCDDC)publishesanddistributesthousandsofNOAAExtremeWeatherIn-formationSheets(NEWIS)inanticipationoftheAtlantichurricaneseason.TheNEWISprovidesvaluableemergencyreferencein-formationinasingle,readilyavailableformat.Morethan300,000

NEWISwereproducedthisyear.In2011,NCDDCintroducedaNEWISfortheHawaiianIslands.NEWIS sheets were also linked into hurricane webpages onNOAAWatch.gov. Specifi-cally,thesheetswerelinkedonHurricaneIrene’swebpagewhichwasreceivingover6 million hits per day atthepeak.

OCEAN DATA ACCESS: Provide access to NODCdata for a multitude of purposes

NODC Provides Access for Gulf of Mexico Data: NODC,incollaborationwithfederal,state,nongovernmentalorganizations,andacademicpartners,developedanonlinedataatlasfortheGulfofMexicowhichsimplifiesdiscoveryandaccesstomarinedata.Integratedintothiseffort,NODCconstructedandvalidatedfinespatialandtemporalGulfofMexicoregionalseasurfacetemperature(SST),dissolvedoxygen,andsalinityclimatologies.InsituoceanclimatologiesweredevelopedfromanalysisofscientificallyqualitycontrolledoceanographicdatafromavarietyofmeasuringinstrumentsaspartoftheWorldOceanDatabaseandWorldOceanAtlas.This“NextGeneration”atlastakesadvantageoftheimprovementsinonlinedatadiscoveryandaccess,moreadvanceddigitalgeographicinformationsystems(GIS)techniques/tools,andtheexponentialgrowthinGulfobservations/data.(Supports NOAA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

NODC’s Ocean Heat Content data on the Climate.gov Dashboard Feature: Thiscriticalproductinformsthepubliconhowclimatechangeaffectstheocean.Aproductarticleisalsopostedformoreinformation,whichcanbefoundathttp://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/(Supports NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Goal)

OCEAN DATA ARCHIVE: A comprehensive ocean data archive recognized by data providers and data users

NODC’socean data archive volume increased by 32%,bringingthetotalvolumeto115TB.(Supports NOAA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

NODC’sAdvancedHighResolutionRepository(AVHRR)PathfinderVersion5.2Datawasthefirst Climate Data Record (CDR) submitted by a NOAA office to the NOAA CDR Program at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC).This30yearseasurfacetemperaturedatasetincludedsubstantialupdatestothedataformat,content,andmetadata.(Supports NOAA Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Goal)

Observing Systems Team startedautomaticallyingestingtheNationalDataBuoyCenter(NDBC)mooredbuoyandC-MANstationdataintoNODC’sOceanArchiveSysteminthemore-modernnetworkCommonDataForm(NetCDF)format.(Supports NOAA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

NCDDCdeveloped transforms and tutorials for transitioning between metadata standards,specificallybetweentheFederalGeographicDataCommittee(FGDC)andtheInternationalOrganizationforStandardiza-tion(ISO)metadatastandardsforgeospatialdata.ThispackagenotonlycontainstransformstoautomatethetranslationbetweenFGDCandISOmetadatastandardsbutalsoacomprehensivetrainingpackagethatcontainsacorecurriculum,lessonplans,presentationmodules,exercises,handouts,evaluations,andISOworkbooks.NCDDCtrainersJacquelineMizeandKathyMartinolicharethesoletrainersformetadataISOformatandde-velopedthetransformsfromFGDCtoISO.(Supports NOAA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

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OCEAN DATA PRODUCTS: NODC products recognized as authoritative data records

NODCprovidedglobal high resolution temperature and salinity climatologiesthroughqualitycontrolofseasonaltemperatureandsalinityfieldstodeeperdepths.Seasonalestimatesofoceanheatcontentwereextend-edto2,000meters.(Supports NOAA’s Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Goal and Science and Technology Enterprise)

TheNOAAAdministrator,ShellExploration&Production,ConocoPhillips,andStatoilUSAE&PInc.signedaMemorandum of Agreement (MOA) to share scientific data in the Arctic.ThesedatawillbearchivedatNOAA’sNationalDataCenters,willincreaseourunderstandingoftheArctic,andprovide a baseline of eco-system conditions that may aid in emergency response.(Supports Goal for Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies)

NOAA INFORMATION: NOAA staff using the NOAA Central and Regional Libraries as sources for information and research support

TheNOAA Library has worked with the NOAA Research Council to develop a plan for consolidating purchasing across the NOAA Library system.AnAdHocCommitteeonLibrarieswasestablishedtofurtherevaluatethecurrentsituationandtorecommendaplanofaction.Thegoal of the Committee is to maintain and hopefully increase the current level of access to journals across NOAA.(Supports NOAA’s Engagement Enterprise)

NOAA has partnered with the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) to develop a DWH Institu-tional Repository (DWH-IR)tosupportonlinediscoveryanddisseminationofNOAA’sDWHdataandinfor-mationindigitalform.ThegoaloftheIRistoincreasepublictransparency,increaseefficiencyforansweringcustomerinquiries,andreducedirectcustomercontactforFreedomofInformationAct(FOIA)requests.(Sup-ports Goal for Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies)

NODC’sNationalCoastalDataDevelopmentCenter(NCDDC)providedNOAA Extreme Weather Informa-tion Sheet (NEWIS) to a reporter from The Weather Channel as he reported on Tropical Storm LeefromBaySt.Louis,MS.(Supports NOAA’s Healthy Coasts goal)

NODC’sGlobalOceanographicDataArchaeologyandRescueProject(GODAR) Project Mentioned by Nature News:athttp://www.nature.com/news/2010/101102/full/468017a.html(Supports NOAA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

CORPORATE VALUES AND SERVICES: NODC will develop and maintain a secure, reliable, technically robust operating environment to support the NOAA mission goals and ensure accessibility to the highest data quality and information for the public

NODC continues to reach out withapopularnewEarthSystemMonitorissueon“ExtremeEvents”.Start-inginFY12,thepublicationwillbedistributedelectronicallyunlessrequestedbytheusers.(Supports NOAA’s Engagement Enterprise)

The2011 NOAA-Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) Diversity Internship successfully concluded their pro-gram by placing nine interns in a variety of positions throughout the Gulf of Mexico region and in Silver Spring.OneinternjoinedtheNODCteamattheNOAACentralLibrary.(Supports NOAA’s Engagement Enter-prise)

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NCDDCsupported the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research(OER)byconductingdataman-agementactivitiesfortheNOAARVOkeanosExplorercruisesandOERSignaturecruises.(Supports NOAA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

Aninternal NODC survey was conducted to measure employee satisfaction.Approximately77%ofem-ployeesfeltthattheworkthattheydogivesthemafeelingofpersonalaccomplishment.Likewise,72%ofem-ployeesfeltthattheirtalentswereusedwellintheworkplace.Therewere61outof64federalemployeeswhoparticipatedinthesurvey.(Supports NOAA’s Engagement Enterprise)

NCDDCIT Infrastructure Continues to Maintain a secure, reliable, and technically robust operating environment withtherenewalofa3yearAuthoritytoOperate.NODCperformedupgradestoouraircondi-tioning,servers,networks,andSystemsHardware.EfficienciesweregainedinthemigrationofsystemsfromORACLEtoPostgressatNCDDC.(Supports NOAA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

NODCreceivedthePresident’s Award for its Extraordinary Support of Voluntarism through the Com-bined Federal Campaign National Capital Area 2010.Only8NOAAprogramsreceivedthisaward.Theawardsignifiesthataprogramhasachieved75%participationor$275percapita.NODCachieved$297percapita!(Supports NOAA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

NODCreleasedanInternal NOAA SurveytoidentifyusersatisfactionandrequirementsforNODCoceandataandproducts.ThesurveyrequestedinformationonwhowithinNOAAisusingandaccessingNODCdataandinformation,andiftherequestprocesscanbeimproved.ThesurveyalsoaskedtheNOAAdataproducerswhocollectandsubmitdatatoNODC’sarchivesiftheirrequirementsasanofficialNOAAarchivearebeingmet.Accordingtothesurvey:•Mostdatadownloadedwasusedforscientificresearch.•Mostdatawasdownloadedviatheweb(HTTP)inCSV(commaseparated)andNetCDFformats.•Themostdownloadeddatatypeswere:temperature,salinity,buoyandsatellitedata.•79%ofusersdidnothavedifficultydownloadingdata;62%thoughtdownloadingwaseasy.(Supports NO-AA’s Science and Technology Enterprise)

NODC EmployeesNODC Staff Recognized Nationally and Internationally

NODC’sSydneyLevituswaselectedasaFellowoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience(AAAS)forhisworkinadvancingoceanographythroughdatarescueandonoceanclimatechangestudies.

SydwasalsoawardedanIntergovernmentalOceanographicCommission(IOC)50thAnniversaryCommemo-rativeMedal.ThismedalisfurtherrecognitionoftheimportantcontributionMr.Levitushasmadetooceanclimateresearchandoceandatastewardship,bothnationallyandinternationally.

Additionally,SydneyLevitusandfellowNODCstaffmember,LindaPikula,receivedIntergovernmentalOceanographicDataandInformationExchange(IODE)AchievementAwards.SydneyLevitusreceivedanawardforhisleadershipoftheGlobalOceanographicDataArchaeologyandRescue(GODAR)andWorldOceanDatabase(WOD)IntergovernmentalOceanographicCommission(IOC)Projects.Ms.Pikula’sawardwasgivenforherchampioningMarineInformationManagementandforherroleasan“OceanTeacher”innumer-ousIODEInformationManagementcourses.

NODC’sroleinpreservingoceandataandinformationcontributestoourunderstandingoftheimpactofclimateandglobalchangeontheoceans.Nationalandinternationalleadershipintheareaofoceandataandinformationstewardshipareaserviceweprovidetothepublic.

New HiresBeverlyKing,DarbieBridgett,JeffersonOgata,KrisaArzayus,CharlesCarletonFY 11 Certificates of Appreciation & Awards NODCEmployeeoftheSeason,Fall2010:AngelaSallis

Certificates of Appreciation:MaryLouCumberpatch,SharonMesick,MargaretEggleston,MelanieHamilton,CherylIngram,andEvgeneyYaroshforExceptionalDedicationandEffortDuringthe2010NODC/NCDDCCombinedFederalCampaign(CFC)Drive

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JeffOgata,JosephShirley,BillBurton,MikeChepurin,GeorgeSinclairandWilliamWooten-JanneyfortheirOutstandingUpgradeofNODCHVACandElectricalSystemwithMinimumOperationalDisruption

MaryO’CheryandThelmaJohnsonfortheirOutstandingTeamworkandDedicationinFulfillingtheDutiesoftheNODCAdministrative/BudgetOfficerDuringtheVacancy

CharlesSun,StevenRutzandDonaldCollinsfortheirOutstandingDedicationandEffortinFulfillingtheDu-tiesoftheMarineDataStewardshipDivisionChiefDuringtheVacancy

JohnRelph,JosephShirley,WilliamWooten-Janney,SusanStarke,JuanitaSandidgeandSherryGoynesfortheirOutstandingEffortandCoordinationoftheRe-AccreditationoftheNODCSystems5010and5036

BeverlyKingforherOutstandingTeamworkandDedicationinFulfillingtheDutiesoftheNODCAdministra-tive/BudgetOfficer

SteveRutzforhisOutstandingDedicationandEffortinHostingtheRollingDecktoRepository(R2R)Meeting

DanieKinkadeforherOutstandingDedicationandEffortinHostingtheQuadrennialHydrographicDataAs-semblyCenter(DAC)Meeting

CharlesSunforhisOutstandingDedicationandEffortinHostingtheInternationalGlobalTemperatureandSalinityProfileProgramme(GTSPP)Meeting

DanieKinkadeforherDedication,HardWork,andCreativityforthe2011NESDISGetHealthyChallenge

KennethCaseyforSuccessfullyLeadingNODC’sTechnologyAdvancement

TerryTielkingforSuccessfullyLeadingNODC’sOperations

JocelynCarandangforherProfessionalandPersonalWorkEthicthisPastSummerasaNOAANorthernGulfInstituteDiversityInternworkingintheNOAACentralLibrary

AngelVu,CaitlinWhiting,andOmarSelehdarforCompletingtheAnnualInventoryoftheLibrary’sRareBookRoomWellAheadofTimeandinAdditiontotheirNormalDuties

ChristopherCookandLiZhangtakingontheCatalogingofDocumentsforNOAA’sDeepwaterHorizonInsti-tutionalRepositoryinAdditiontotheirNormalDuties

CarolineWoodsandSarahDavisforAssistinginthePreparationoftheCentralLibrary’sPlanforNOAA’s“FacilityEfficiencyInitiativefor2011”andtheirInitiativeinScanningandAddingDigitalDocumentstotheCollection

JanThomasforhisInitativeinthePlanningandImplementationofaPilotVirtualReferenceSystemfortheNOAALibraryandInformationNetwork

FY2011 PublicationsPeer-Reviewed PublicationsBaker-Yeboah,S,DAByrneandDRWatts,ObservationsofmesoscaleeddiesintheSouthAtlanticCapeBa-sin:Acharacterizationofbaroclinicanddeepbarotropiceddyvariability,J.GeophysRes.,2010JC006236,115,C12069,20pp.,DOI:10.1029/2010JC006236,2010.

Boyer,T.P.,V.V.Gopalakrishna,F.Reseghetti,A.Naik,V.Suneel,M.Ravichandran,N.P.MohammedAli,M.M.Rafeeq,andR.A.Chico,2011:InvestigationofXBTandXCTDbiasesintheArabianSeaandtheBayofBengalwithimplicationsforclimatestudies,J.Atmosph.Ocean.Tech.,28,DOI:10.1175/2010JTECHO784.1,266-286.

Giese,B.S.,G.A.Chepurin,J.A.Carton,T.P.Boyer,andH.F.Seidel.2011:ImpactofBathythermographTemperatureBiasModelsonanOceanReanalysis,J.Clim.,24,84-93.

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Johnson,G.C.,J.M.Lyman,J.K.Willis,S.Levitus,T.Boyer,J.Antonov,2011:Oceanheatcontent,GlobalOceans(inStateoftheClimatein2010),Bull.Amer.Meteor.Soc.92(6),81-84.

Levitus,S.,J.Antonov,T.Boyer,J.Reagan,C.Schmid,2011:Subsurfacesalinity,GlobalOceans(inStateoftheClimatein2010),Bull.Amer.Meteor.Soc.92(6),88-92.

Previdi,M.,B.G.Liepert,D.T.Peteet,J.HansenD.J.,BeerlinA.J.,Broccoli,S.Frolking,J.N.Galloway,M.Heimann,C.LeQuéré,S.Levitus,andV.Ramaswamy,2011:ClimatesensitivityintheAnthropocene,EarthSyst.Dynam.Discuss.,2,531-550,doi:10.5194/esdd-2-531-2011.

Ray,RDandDAByrne,BottompressuretidesalongalineinthesoutheastAtlanticOceanandcomparisonswithsatellitealtimetry,Oc.Dynamics,60(5),pp1167-1176,2010.

Proceedings/Abstracts from MeetingsArko,R.A.;Milan,A.;Chandler,C.L.;Miller,S.P.;Ferrini,V.;Mesick,S.;Mize,J.;Paver,C.;Sullivan,B.;Sweeney,A.“SharedSemanticsforOceanographicResearch:DevelopmentofStandard“Cruise-Level”Meta-data.”AmericanGeophysicalUnion(AGU)Fall2010.SanFrancisco,2010.

Chu,P.,Sun,L.C,andFan,C.,2010,“Near–RealTimeMonthlyGlobalTemperatureandSalinityGriddedDatafromNewOceanExplorationbyArgoFloats”,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,FallMeeting2010,abstract#OS13C-1239,December2010,SanFrancisco,CA.

Chu,P.C.,Sun,L.C.,andFan,C.,2011,“EstablishmentofNear-RealTimeMonthlyGriddedDatasetfromGlobalTemperatureandSalinityProfileProgram(GTSPP)usingtheOptimalSpectralDecomposition(OSD)”,Proceedingson15thSymposiumonIntegratedObservingandAssimilationSystemsfortheAtmosphere,Oceans,andLandSurface(IOAS-AOLS),AmericanMeteorologicalSociety,23-27January2011,Seattle,WA.

Fredericks,J.,E.Terray,D.Symonds,J.Bosch,G.Voulgaris,T.Cook.“EnablingQualityAssessmentthroughWebServicesEncodingWavesSensorandProcessingHistoryinSensorWebEnablementFrameworks”.IEEE/OESTenthCurrents,Waves,andTurbulenceMeasurementWorkshop.Monterey,CA.2011.

Haines,S.,R.Crout,J.Bosch,W.Burnett,J.Fredericks,D.Symonds,J.Thomas.2011.“ASummaryofQual-ityControlTestsforWavesandinsituCurrentsandtheirEffectiveness,IEEE/OESTenthCurrents,Waves,andTurbulenceMeasurementWorkshop(CWTM)”.IEEE/OESTenthCurrents,Waves,andTurbulenceMeasure-mentWorkshop.Monterey,CA.2011.

Kalenchitis,Maria.,PaulineSimpson,LindaPikulaandMarcGoovaerts.2011.UNESCO,IOC,IODE50thAn-niversaryBibliography:50yearsofservice1961-2011.

Mize,Jacqueline,RobertArko,AnnaMilan,CynthiaChandler,andPaulClark.“RollingDecktoReposi-tory(R2R):A“LinkedData”ApproachfortheU.S.AcademicResearchFleet.”AmericanGeophysicalUnion(AGU)Fall2011.SanFrancisco,2011.

Mize,Jacqueline,RobertArko,AnnaMilan,andSusanMcClean.“ImprovingDiscoveryandUseofMarineDatathroughStandardMetadata.”InternationalUnionofGeodesyandGeophysics(IUGG).Melbourne,Aus-tralia,2011.

Mize,Jacqueline,andDr.R.TedHabermann.“AutomatingMetadataforDynamicDatasets.”Oceans2010.Seattle,MTS/IEEE.2010.

Raymond,Lisa,LindaPikula,RoyLowry,EdUrban,GwenaelleMoncoiffe,PeterPissierssensandCathyNor-ton.2011.SCOR/IODE/MBLWHOILibraryCollaborationonDataPublication.PeerreviewedpostergivenatACM/IEEE,JointConferenceonDigitalLibrariesJune13-17,2011,UniversityofOttawa,Ottawa,Canada.

Raymond,Lisa,LindaPikula,RoyLowry,EdUrban,GwenaelleMoncoiffe,PeterPissierssensandCathyNor-ton.2011.SCOR/IODE/MBLWHOILibraryCollaborationonDataPublication.1stInternationalCouncilforScience(ICSU)WorldDataSystemConference,GlobalDataforGlobalScience,September3-6,2011,Kyoto

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University,Kyoto,Japan.

Technical Reports/Manuals/Book ReviewsCloud,John2011.TheU.S.CoastSurveyintheCivilWar.ApapercommissionedbytheNationalOceanSer-vicefortheprojectChartingaMorePerfectUnion1861-1865.

Cloud,John2010.variousentriesrelatedtothehistoryofNOAAgeodeticandspaceprograms,satellites,andsensors,in:Johnson,StephenB.(GeneralEditor)2010.SpaceExplorationandHumanity:AHistoricalEncy-clopedia,Vols.IandII.SantaBarbara,CA:ABC-CLIO.

Cloud,John(inpress):TechnologyandCulture,bookreviewof:Launius,RogerD.,JamesRodgerFleming,andDavidH.DeVorkin(eds),2010.GlobalizingPolarScience:ReconsideringtheInternationalPolarandGeo-physicalYears.NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan.

Cloud,John(inpress):TechnologyandCulture,bookreviewof:IntheShadowofMeltingGlaciers:ClimateChangeandAndeanSociety,byMarkCarey.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.

Cloud,John2010.AlaskaHistory,theAlaskaHistoricalSociety.Vol.26,No.1(2011Spring):38-39.bookre-viewof:TheKandikMap,byLindaJohnson.Fairbanks:UniversityofAlaskaPress,2009.

Cloud,John2011.ImagoMundi.Vol.63,No.2:238-239.Bookreviewof:NoDig,NoFly,NoGo:Howmapsrestrictandcontrol,byMarkMonmonier.Chicago:UniversityofChicagoPress2010.

Cloud,John2011.PacificHistoricalReview.Vol.78,No.4(Nov):669-671.Bookreviewof:America’sOceanWilderness:ACulturalHistoryofTwentieth-CenturyExploration,byGaryKroll.Lawrence,Kansas:Univer-sityPressofKansas,2008.

Fiolek,Anna,LindaPikula,BrianVoss.2010.ResourcesonOilSpills,Response,andRestoration:ASelectedBibliography.SilverSpring,MD:U.SDept.ofCommerce,NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration,NationalEnvironmentalSatellite,Data,andInformationService,NationalOceanographicDataCenter,LibraryandInformationServicesDivision.LISDCurrentReferences;2010-2.

Fiolek,Anna,SusanGottfried,SharonMesick.2010.VideoDataManagementSystemArchivesandProvidesOnlineAccesstotheNOAAOceanExplorationDigitalVideoandImageData:MetadataExchange.SilverSpring,MD:U.SDept.ofCommerce,NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration,NationalEnviron-mentalSatellite,Data,andInformationService,NationalOceanographicDataCenter,LibraryandInformationServicesDivision.LISDCurrentReferences;2010-3.

Mize,Jacqueline,andKathyMartinolich.UnitedStates.TransitioningMetadataStandardsatNODCfromFGDCtoISOPointPaper.StennisSpaceCenter:NCDDC,2011.

Sun,C.2010,IOCManualandGuidesNo.22rev.1:GTSPPReal-TimeQualityControlManualRevisedEdi-tion,2010,publishedon06December2010,http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=6437,145pp.

Fiolek,Anna,SusanGottfried,SharonMesick.2010.VideoDataManagementSystemArchivesandProvidesOnlineAccesstotheNOAAOceanExplorationDigitalVideoandImageData:MetadataExchange.SilverSpring,MD:U.SDept.ofCommerce,NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration,NationalEnviron-mentalSatellite,Data,andInformationService,NationalOceanographicDataCenter,LibraryandInformationServicesDivision.LISDCurrentReferences;2010-3.

Mize,Jacqueline,andKathyMartinolich.UnitedStates.TransitioningMetadataStandardsatNODCfromFGDCtoISOPointPaper.StennisSpaceCenter:NCDDC,2011.

Sun,C.2010,IOCManualandGuidesNo.22rev.1:GTSPPReal-TimeQualityControlManualRevisedEdi-tion,2010,publishedon06December2010,http://www.iode.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=6437,145pp.

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