Report to Congress: cost-benefit analysis of NOAA commercial data program radio occultation data purchase

A direct comparison of cost between commercially sourced data and data from government assets is not possible at this time, confounded by uncertainty in commercial pricing and varying data restriction policies. However, NOAA compared the anticipated cost per occultation from government-sponsored missions and commercial sourced data procured to date and found that commercially sourced data was about one-quarter to onehalf the cost for this delivery order (DO-2).

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library
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2025-09-30
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https://doi.org/10.25923/wzdp-0047
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Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
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Report to Congress: cost-benefit analysis of NOAA commercial data program radio occultation data purchase

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Report to Congress: cost-benefit analysis of NOAA commercial data program radio occultation data purchase

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Abstract

A direct comparison of cost between commercially sourced data and data from government assets is not possible at this time, confounded by uncertainty in commercial pricing and varying data restriction policies. However, NOAA compared the anticipated cost per occultation from government-sponsored missions and commercial sourced data procured to date and found that commercially sourced data was about one-quarter to onehalf the cost for this delivery order (DO-2).

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