OCADS ensures data collected from OAP-funded research and other sources is archived and accessible for ocean carbon and ocean acidification analyses, forecasting capabilities, and better assessments of marine resource vulnerability. OCADS is envisioned as the best data management service to support regional to global ocean carbon cycling and ocean acidification research. It builds upon a U.S. National ocean acidification data management and integration service required by the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act, enacted in 2009.