NOAA Observing System Architecture
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- 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