HFRNet Transition to NOAA

[Brian Zelenke - NOAA Federal]

Dear oceanographic high-frequency radar (HFR) communities and U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) partners,

Regarding the IOOS News Splash here, NOAA's IOOS Office's Surface Currents Program is partnering with the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, & Information Service and its Office of Common Services to transition the IOOS HFR National Network's data assembly center "HFRNet" from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Coastal Observing Research & Development Center (CORDC) into the NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF).  This transition of HFRNet is being performed in coordination with CORDC and the NOAA National Data Buoy Center with support from Tetra Tech companies RPS and Axiom Data Science.

The decision to migrate the data assembly center to NCCF was made by the IOOS Office, guided by feedback received from the HFRNet Replacement Request for Information issued in August 2023.  Work migrating functionality into the NCCF is underway, with an initial version anticipated to be operational before the end of June 2025.

For those of you attending the 13th Radiowave Oceanographers Working Group Meeting next week, I'll look forward to discussing this transition project with you there.  Otherwise, if anyone has questions about this project, please feel free to e-mail me at brian....@noaa.gov.

P.S.—I'll be out of office 5/16–27/2024 and accordingly my replies to e-mails will be delayed.


Best regards,
Brian



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   Brian Zelenke
   Surface Currents Program Manager
   Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
   National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
   U.S. Department of Commerce
   1315 East-West Highway
   Silver Spring Metro Center #3 (SSMC3)
   Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
   United States of America

   Mobile:  240-676-6396
   E-mail:  brian....@noaa.gov
   Web:  https://ioos.noaa.gov/

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 5:45 PM Brian Zelenke - NOAA Federal <brian....@noaa.gov> wrote:

Dear oceanographic high-frequency radar (HFR) communities, HFR
manufacturers, and U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) data
management partners,

Prior to October, 15, 2023 would you please review the Request for
Information (RFI) at
https://sam.gov/opp/3d948ed6d25249d7abf4e238b0597b76/view and provide
your feedback about what desired features or other factors you and
your teams believe the IOOS Surface Currents Program should consider
in our plans to replace the United States' current HFR data assembly
center (DAC) "HFRNet" (https://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/hfrnet/) by
early Fiscal Year (FY) 2025?  Due to Federal procurement regulations,
all responses to and questions about this RFI must be sent to Senior
Contract Specialist Ms. Alice Park (alice...@noaa.gov) and not
directly to me or anyone else in the U.S. IOOS Office.

The motivation for replacing HFRNet at this time is described within
the RFI.  I will also be sending a notice like this to other relevant
communities of practice, so my apologies if you receive duplicate
messages.  Please feel free to share this RFI with your networks who
you think may provide valuable feedback.


Best regards,
Brian