ArcticRIMS Staging Area

Time Period:         Focus on July 1, 1999 to present day.  This should be 
                     as near real-time as possible (push the envelope).

Spatial Resolution:  25 km EASE-GRID. See the EASE-Grid/Arctic Mask page
                     for more information.

Temporal Resolution: Store data in a form that is natural to the data set.



Data Flow Diagram


 
Spatial 

                --------------------------------
                |      Basic Staging Area      |
     HOME       |                              | <----- Models/Algorithms
  INSTITUTES    |      - all different         |
                |       resolutions, etc       |
                |                              |
                |-------------------------------
                                |
                                | binning, downscaling, aggregation etc
                                |
                                V
                ----------------------------------        --------------- 
                |     Secondary Staging Area     | ------>| Models      |
     UNH        |                |               |        | e.g., P/WBM |
  with copy     |  - Daily       | - Monthly     |        ---------------
    at UC       | (contributions)|               |            |
                |                | - Modeled     |            |
                |                |               |            |
                ----------------------------------            |
                                |        ^                    |
                                |        |---------------------
                                |
                                |
                                v
                -----------------------------------
                |   Third Degree Staging (Public) |
 UNH initially  |                                 |
    then to     |       - Web                     |
     NSIDC      |                                 |
                |       - Weekly                  |
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