[Esip-documentation] WDS keyword in NASA/GCMD question

Tue Sep 1 16:56:38 EDT 2015

Hi everyone:

I agree with Howard and Hernan.

Sincerely, Gene

On 9/1/2015 2:02 PM, Howard Diamond wrote:
> Dear All,
> I second what Hernan has said below; the World Data Center for 
> Meteorology for example (while hosted by NCEI) is still a separate and 
> distinct center for serving up atmospheric climate and weather data.  
> As for coordination amongst the 4 Centers, Hernan has done a good job 
> in getting all of those NCEI-hosted centers to talk about things on a 
> quarterly basis.
>
> Regards.
>
> Howard
>
> On 9/1/2015 3:55 PM, Hernan Garcia - NOAA Federal wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I invite my WDC/WDC collegues to chime in. For all practical 
>> purposes, I think that it is fair to say that the WDS/WDCs hosted at 
>> NCEI are separate from NCEI to ensure free and open exchange of data 
>> independent of NOAA or U.S. Government policy. Thanks, Hernan
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Anna Milan - NOAA Federal 
>> <anna.milan at noaa.gov> wrote:
>>
>>      Hi Mustapha,
>>     Welcome back! Thanks for your positive response. It looks like
>>     Ellen just added the ICSU-WDS keyword to the projects list.
>>
>>     Regarding coordination across the 4 WDS members in NCEI - Is
>>     there still a distinction between these members by name? Or is
>>     associating the ICSU-WDS sufficient?
>>
>>
>>     On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Mustapha Mokrane
>>     <mustapha.mokrane at icsu-wds.org> wrote:
>>
>>         I am wondering also how we can ensure consistency in using
>>         this new metadata keyword for datasets associated with
>>         ICSU-WDS across the 4 WDS Members hosted in NOAA data centres
>>         (now under NCEI). For this purpose I am copying Ken and
>>         Howard (WDS Oceanography), Eugene (WDS Palaeoclimatology),
>>         Howard (WDC Meteorology Asheville) to initiate a dialogue and
>>         seek their advice.
>>
>>
>>
>>      Thanks,
>>
>>     Anna
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>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
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>> *
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>

-- 
Sincerely, Eugene Wahl

Dr. Eugene R. Wahl -- NOAA Federal

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