Date:
Wed, 2011-02-23
The National Oceanographic Data Center, part of NOAA and OBIS staff met during a one-daymeeting in the NOAA offices in Silver Spring, Maryland for discussions on possible collaboration. Also present were people from BCO-DMO, Woods Hole, and NOAA FIsheries; OBIS USA participated by teleconferencing. The discussions should lead to a beteer streamlined data contribution from NOAA to OBIS. Also discussed where possible collaboration in terms of deep archiving of OBIS data by NODC, and how to better use physical and chemical data available from the World Ocean Atlas.
