Environmental Common ServicesMaster Environmental Library

• Data stays at resource sites under local control. Resource site maintains standard metadata.

• MEL provides single point of access to distributed spatial data.

• MEL provides access to data from all environmental domains.

• Interface based on Web tools.

• Metadata consistent with Federal guidelines.

• Data transfer through standard formats.
  • Gridded Binary format, Binary Universal Format for the Representation of meteorological data, Vector Product Format, SEDRIS, etc.

• Provides access to classified/restricted data.

ACKNOWLEDGES INDEPENDENCE OF DATA SOURCES

WHILE PROMOTING INTEROPERABILITY.

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