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Elanor Gowland, Chair META-T

SOT-IV, 16th–21st April 2007

Water temperature metadata pilot projectMETA-T

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Aim

The aim of the water temperature metadata pilot project (META-T PP) is:-

To investigate and recommend the use of metadata to improve the quality and usefulness of ocean temperature information, particularly in real-time.

Websitehttp://marinemetadata.org/metat

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Current status

Workshop 28th – 29th March 2006 at ECMWF, Reading, UK

2 documents:-- Categorisation of metadata- Requirements matrix

Data stream reports:-- VOS

- XBT (SOOP)

- Moored buoys

- Drifting buoys

- Argo

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Plans for the future

Each data stream compared to the metadata categorisation and matrix

Recommendations can be made what to include in: - real-time (incl. BUFR, TT-Coding)- delayed-mode transmission formats (push / pull)

through documentationand trial

Trial (within data streams) including data transmission and storage (ODAS & NOAA)

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Actions from ETMC relating to META-T

• Work with the Task Team on Delayed Mode VOS data flow (TT-DMVOS) to change the delayed-mode exchange format• Work on BUFR to ensure metadata fields included for all data streams

• Liaise with NMDIS over ODAS metadata database to enable it to meet user requirements and agree a format to exchange / ingest metadata (perhaps XML) – link to SOT TT-Coding?

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Current membership - giving links to other groupsincl. SOT

Boram Lee

Mathieu Belbeoch

Luis Bermudez

Bill Burnett

Craig Donlon

Ed Harrison

Don Collins

David Meldrum

Etienne Charpentier

Elizabeth Kent

Elanor Gowland

Graeme Ball

Fengyu Guo

Greg Reed

John Graybeal

Gustavo Goni

Bob Keeley

Milan Dragosavac

Nick Mikhailov

Peter Pissierssens

Lin Shaohua

Thierry Carval

Tom Smith

Hester Viola

Joaquin Trinanes

Francis Bringas

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Request for SOT to take part!

Look at website http://marinemetadata.org/metat

Work with current member of META-T or volunteer to take part, particularly help will be required to produce & review documents, develop metadata ingestion / distribution formats and aid trial(s) by providing systems / vessels / platforms, specifications for data storage (server spec), etc

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Questions & Comments

Or volunteers!