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{{Short description|Atmospheric data distribution system}}

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The '''Local Data Manager''' (LDM) is a suite of programs for the distribution of near real-time atmospheric earth data to researchers and educators free of charge as it becomes available. The system is specifically focused with passing, receiving, and managing arbitrary data products accessed through event-driven (push) technologies via the Internet. Data products mostly include [[GOES]] satellite imagery, [[radar imagery]], and model output from the [[National Centers for Environmental Prediction]], the [[Canadian Meteorological Centre]], and the [[Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Data Manager (LDM)|url=http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/|accessdate=7 April 2013}}</ref>

LDM is provided freely, including source code by the [[University Corporation for Atmospheric Research]] under the Unidata Program Center and via the developer's [https://github.com/Unidata/LDM GitHub]. It is widely used in the meteorological community, and is a product of the Internet Data Distribution (IDD) Program which has brought together over 160 universities in the Unidata community to build a means for publicizing and accessing data from observing systems as soon as the data becomes available.<ref>{{cite web|title=Data Fact Sheet|url=http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/publications/factsheets/2010sheets/data_factsheet.pdf|publisher=UCAR|accessdate=7 April 2013}}</ref>

"The Unidata Local Data Manager (LDM) is a collection of cooperating programs that select, capture, manage, and distribute arbitrary data products. The system is designed for event-driven data distribution, and is currently used in the Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) project. The LDM system includes network client and server programs and their shared protocols."<ref>Unidata LDM site http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/</ref>

== References ==

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