National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

Geospatial Data and Climate Services

Provides data, information, and services needed to support environmental studies and predictions, resource assessments, data archiving, and dissemination

http://www.eis.noaa.gov

National Oceanographic Data Center

Develops and maintains a national marine environmental database, including acquisition, processing, storage, and retrieval of marine data and information generated by domestic and foreign activities

http://www.nodc.noaa.gov

Acquires, inventories, processes, provides quality control for, and distributes marine environmental data

N/A

Oversees a national library and information system for the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of specialized information in the environmental and related sciences and in marine and coastal resources and engineering

http://www.lib.noaa.gov

Performs scientific analyses; develops improved ocean climatologies for annual, seasonal, and monthly compositing periods; investigates ocean climate variability; builds scientifically, quality-controlled global oceanographic databases; and facilitates international exchange of oceanographic data

http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/

Participates in the acquisition of global oceanographic data, with emphasis on the coastal oceans, estuaries, bays, adjoining seas, and the Great Lakes; processes the data; and ingests the data into databases

http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/col/

Provides for the archive of, and access to, the long-term coastal data record

http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov

Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution

Manages and directs the operation of the central ground facilities that ingest, process, and distribute environmental satellite data and derived products to domestic and foreign users

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov

Provides data, analyses, and interpretations from polar orbiting and geostationary satellites

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov

Manages the NOAA central satellite information technology systems necessary for the production, distribution, and on-line access of operational environmental satellite products and services that NESDIS generates to meet the requirements of a wide variety of users

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/IPD/IPD.html

Serves as the primary user interface for all direct satellite services from United States operational environmental geostationary and polar orbiting satellites

http://noaasis.noaa.gov/DSD

National Geophysical Data Center

Conducts a data and data-information service in all scientific and technical areas involving solid earth geophysics, marine geology and geophysics, glaciology, the space environment, solar activity, and the other areas of solar-terrestrial physics

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov

Manages environmental data related to the solid earth collected from land, aircraft, and satellite platforms

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/

Provides services for solar-terrestrial environmental data, including data and information acquisition, management, and analysis, and disseminates data electronically and in publications

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/

Responsible for full data services for marine geological and geophysical data, including acquisition, management, and analysis, and dissemination of data and preparation of manuscripts for publication

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/

National Climatic Data Center

Responsible for data management activities in support of scientific and technical programs involving remotely sensed and in-situ retrospective meteorological data and climatological information

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

Acquires, inventories, organizes, processes, and performs quality control of surface (land and marine), upper-air meteorological/climatological data, weather radar, and other information

N/A

Responsible for the scientific integrity and quality of NCDC's data sets and products

N/A

Provides access to climatological data and information originating from both satellite and in-situ data platforms

N/A

Provides scientific leadership in the use of NCDC's satellite and radar data sets, and is responsible for managing the NCDC Technical Library, a component of the NOAA Library System

N/A

Office of Research and Applications

Provides guidance for the development and evolution of spacecraft and sensors, and conducts atmospheric, climatological, and oceanographic research on the use of satellite data for monitoring environmental characteristics and their change

http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/

Conducts research on the use of satellite data for understanding and monitoring the ocean and coastal environments

N/A

Conducts research on the use of satellite data for monitoring meteorological, climatological, and environmental characteristics

http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/

Provide oversight, management, and direction to a coast-to-coast government and university-based research coalition for remote sensing in the environment

http://www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/
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