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NGDC Overview

NGDC provides scientific stewardship, products and services for geophysical data describing the solid earth, marine, and solar-terrestrial environment, as well as earth observations from space.

The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), located in Boulder, Colorado, is a part of the US Department of Commerce (USDOC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS). We are one of three NOAA National Data Centers (NNDC).

The NOAA NESDIS mission is to provide and ensure timely access to global environmental data from satellites and other sources to promote, protect, and enhance the Nation's economy, security, environment, and quality of life. To fulfill its responsibilities NESDIS acquires and manages the Nation's operational environmental satellites, provides data and information services, and conducts related research.

Data Holdings

NGDC's data holdings currently contain more than 300 digital and analog databases, some of which are very large. As technology advances, so does the search for more efficient ways of preserving these data.

Data Contributors

NGDC works closely with contributors of scientific data to prepare documented, reliable data sets. We welcome cooperative projects with other government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and universities, and encourage data exchange.

Data Users

NGDC's data users include:

• private industry
• universities and other educational facilities
• research organizations
• federal, state, and local governments
• foreign governments, industry, and academia
• publishers and other mass media
• the general public

Data Management

The Data Center continually develops data management programs that reflect the changing world of geophysics. We welcome your input to our programs and look forward to supplying your data needs.

For more information on NGDC or other NOAA Data Centers, please contact:

National Geophysical Data Center
NOAA, Mail Code E/GC
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
ngdc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (303) 497-6826, FAX: (303) 497-6513

For technical questions please contact:
ngdc.webtech@noaa.gov, 303-497-7079

For questions about web content please contact:
ngdc.webcontent@noaa.gov