C J Beegle-Krause J Luis Bermudez Steven C. Hankin Lisa Hazard Eoin Howlett Steven Le Roger Proctor Richard P. Signell Derrick P. Snowden Julie Thomas Jeff de La Beaujardiere 2010 <p><span>We introduce data management concepts, including what we mean by "data" and its "management," sources of data, interoperability, and data geometry. We then discuss various components of a data management system. Finally, we summarize some existing ocean and coastal data management efforts. We make specific recommendations throughout the paper. We are generally optimistic that ocean and coastal data management is an interesting and solvable challenge that will provide great benefit to society.</span></p> application/pdf 10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.22 en Ocean and coastal data management text