Projects

MSU Award Number

363545-191001-021000

Current NGI File Number

19-NGI3-75

Associated MSU Award or NGI File Numbers

N/A

Start Date

9/1/2019

End Date

2021-2-28 0:0:0

Project Status

Completed

Award Amount

$60,000.00

Project Title

Improvements to NDBC Weather Buoy/C-MAN archive process

PI Last Name

Cebrian

PI First Name

Just

PI Affiliation

MSU

Research Theme

Data Mgmt DM

Funding Source

NWS

Project Description

The NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) has an improved monthly data archiving process that now takes less time and has fewer errors. These improvements are the result of two new custom-made software packages (Java GUI applications using JavaFX and NetBeans) with python scripts, guides, and one-page summaries that are user-friendly, reliable, efficient, and sustainable. The software and scripts streamline the overall archiving process, generate missing sensor metadata, authenticate station location, visualize metadata and processed data, and perform quality control. The improvements allow NDBC to consistently disseminate high quality data collected by their C-MAN and Weather Buoy coastal ocean observing networks. Additionally, this effort added valuable sensor metadata and important station location authentication features.