National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service

National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service

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National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service Links

• Ocean Climate Laboratory The primary objectives of the OCL are to improve the quality of the NODC's oceanographic data archives by using the data to perform scientific analyses, and develop improved ocean climatologies for annual, seasonal, and monthly compositing periods .
  
• National Climatic Data Center (NOAA) NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world.
  
• National Ice Center Multiagency center whose mission is to provide worldwide operational sea ice analyses and forecasts for government agencies worldwide and the civil sector. Produces analyses and forecasts of Arctic, Antarctic, Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay ice conditions to support customers with global, regional and tactical scale interests.
  
• Environmental Information Services Provides information about organizations, on-line systems, data sets, and other products available from NOAA from the data centers and other NOAA data providers.
  
• National Virtual Data System Access to data and products from NOAA. Search by area, atlas, keyword or category.
  
• NCDC as it Relates to NOAA Presents an organizational structure of the NOAA and the responsibilities of each department, with specific reference to the National Climate Data Center.
  
• National Oceanographic Data Center The National Oceanographic Data Center houses the largest collection of freely accessible oceanographic data in the world.
  
• Coast Watch Makes satellite data products and in-situ data from NOAA environmental buoys available to Federal, state, and local marine scientists and coastal resource managers.