As part of its ongoing mission to connect researchers to the data and
resources needed to advance environmental science through its N-Wave
science network, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is building a
private optical network powered by Ciena’s
(NYSE: CIEN) converged
packet optical platforms. The new 100G network will connect four
geographically dispersed facilities in the Washington, D.C. metro area,
including McLean, Va. and Suitland, Silver Spring and College Park, Md.
It will enable NOAA to support bandwidth-intensive applications and
programs such as the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
series R (GOES-R), and the next-generation national weather observation
satellite program, which is working to advance weather and climate
science and services.
Key Facts:
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NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict changes in climate,
weather, oceans and coasts. Its N-Wave science network, initially
founded via funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA), is a national spanning network that provides intra-NOAA
connectivity, including communication and data transfer (5 Petabytes
per month) between NOAA programs, line offices, research facilities
and other scientific centers across CONUS, Alaska and Hawaii.
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Through a competitive procurement process and deployment of the Ciena
packet-optical platform, NOAA in the D.C. Metropolitan area can
consolidate its network and make it more efficient. The enhanced
network will give researchers greater access to large volumes of
complex climate and weather data, helping scientists collaborate and
transfer information without constraint. It will also allow the
administration to economically and flexibly provide bandwidth to
support new scientific research and applications like next generation
satellite programs that monitor weather data/activity across the globe.
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Ciena’s 6500
Packet-Optical Platform, equipped
with WaveLogic
3 coherent optical processors and integrated switching
capabilities, will help NOAA address increased bandwidth demands and
provide high-capacity interconnectivity between locations, giving NOAA
researchers instant access to the weather-related data they need.
Executive Comments:
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“NOAA is an innovative agency of science, stewardship and service with
scope and responsibility ranging from the bottom of the ocean to the
surface of the sun. NOAA scientists use cutting-edge research and
high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency
managers and other decision makers with reliable information. NOAA’s
networks need to be inline with, if not ahead of, the scientific
innovation in order to enable NOAA’s mission. The Ciena 6500 platform
will help us create a reliable, agile next-generation infrastructure
that plays a significant role in our ability to support advanced
environmental scientific research and discovery.”
- Robert
Sears, N-Wave Manager, Chief IT Manager NOAA/OAR/ESRL-DO
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“With a mission of understanding and predicting changes in climate, it
is crucial that NOAA’s research is not limited due to the amount of
bandwidth available or their ability to effectively connect
researchers. By partnering with NOAA on this network, our platforms
will support these important scientific collaborations by allowing
them to quickly react to changing network requirements, automatically
provision new services when needed, and easily scale to meet future
needs.”
- David Peed, Vice President and General Manager of
CGSI
Supporting Resources:
About NOAA
NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. NOAA’s reach goes
from the surface of the sun to the depths of the ocean floor working to
keep citizens informed of the changing environment around them.
From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate
monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting
marine commerce, NOAA’s products and services support economic vitality
and affect more than one-third of America’s gross domestic product.
NOAA’s dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech
instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers and
other decision makers with reliable information they need when they need
it.
NOAA's roots date back to 1807, when the Nation’s first scientific
agency, the Survey of the Coast, was established. Since then, NOAA has
evolved to meet the needs of a changing country. NOAA maintains a
presence in every state and has emerged as an international leader on
scientific and environmental matters.
NOAA’s mission touches the lives of every American and has established a
proud role in protecting life and property and conserving and protecting
natural resources.
About Ciena
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customers worldwide to unlock the strategic potential of their networks
and fundamentally change the way they perform and compete. Ciena
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its OPn architecture for next-generation networks. We enable
a high-scale, programmable infrastructure that can be controlled and
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