Unidata Internet Data Distribution

The Unidata community of over 260 universities is building a system for disseminating near real-time earth observations via the Internet. Unlike other systems, which are based on data centers where the information can be accessed, the Unidata IDD is designed so a university can request that certain data sets be delivered to computers at their site as soon as they are available from the observing system. The IDD system also allows any site with access to specialized observations to inject the dataset into the IDD for delivery to other interested sites.

超过260所大学的Unidata社区正在构建一个通过互联网传播近实时地球观测数据的系统。与基于数据中心的其他系统不同，Unidata IDD的设计允许大学请求在观测系统一有数据可供使用时，立即将特定的数据集传输至其校园内的计算机。IDD系统还允许任何能够访问专业观测数据的站点将数据集注入IDD，以便传输至其他感兴趣的站点。