CPP-09. NASA DAAC at NSIDC: Adoption of commercial cloud for Earth science data management and data access

Abstract
As the data volume of Earth observation missions continues to increase, NASA’s ability to effectively ingest, process, and archive large amounts of data requires the most cost-effective, flexible, and scalable data management architectures and technologies. To meet these demands, NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program is implementing a strategic vision to utilize commercial cloud environments. This migration benefits users by giving them new ways to access NASA’s collection of Earth science data sets, improves the efficiency of data systems operations, increases user autonomy, maximizes flexibility, and offers shared services and controls. As part of this strategy, NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers, including NSIDC DAAC, are actively establishing new data systems and migrating data holdings into the Earthdata AWS Cloud. This poster will summarize the NASA Earthdata Cloud environment, NSIDC DAAC's efforts to utilize the cloud for data management, and what NASA's adoption of cloud means for data users.