2025 NOAA EDMW

The NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD) Program was founded as a proof-of-concept project with the hypothesis that NOAA’s data is incredibly valuable to industry, technology start-ups, and the public. NOAA verified this hypothesis and continues to expand the work of producing publicly accessible data in the cloud which are now critical parts of the burgeoning AI weather forecasting and climate risk industries. These sectors rely upon NODD for data access, highlighting the economic value of NOAA’s data at little or no cost to the user. At the same time, there is more NOAA and programs like NODD could do to enable cutting edge applications that multiply the commercial value-add. For example, more datasets could be made available and further development of a catalog and a catalog of available application programming interfaces (APIs) could enhance discoverability and usability in programmatic workflows.

This session will explore case studies from industry and technology start-ups that illustrate the value-add of NOAA data in cloud storage, to include a panel discussion with subject matter experts that will explore opportunities for increased impact of public products and services that rely on NOAA data.