Abstract
GIS Enterprise Architecture in the National Weather Service
Track: Atmosphere, Climate, and Weather
Author(s): Kari Sheets, Ira Graffman
The National Weather Service (NWS) ingests large quantities of data from various sources, including geospatial data. It also disseminates many products and data, some of it in geospatial formats. In order for the organization to best serve collaborating NWS offices as well as external partners and customers, an enterprise approach to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is necessary. Many of the offices within the NWS use similar data and techniques, an enterprise approach to organizing people, data, technology, and standards fosters sharing of information and GIS skills. Furthermore, the enterprise approach allows the development laboratories, national centers, and operational forecast offices to better serve one another and work together to accomplish the NWS mission of saving lives and property. We will discuss the organization of this approach and practical examples of how collaboration will be fostered within the NWS as well as with partners and customers.
Kari Sheets
NOAA National Weather Service
W/OST22 SSMC-2 11334
1325 East West Hwy
Silver Spring , Maryland 20910
United States
Phone: 301-713-0023
E-mail: kari.sheets@noaa.gov
Ira Graffman
NOAA National Weather Service
1325 East West Hwy
Silver Spring , Maryland 20910
United States
Phone: 301-713--0763
E-mail: ira.graffman@noaa.gov