The Space Environment Center (SEC) is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
SEC's parent organization is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Within NOAA, SEC is in the National Weather Service and is one of NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP).
SEC conducts research in solar-terrestrial physics, develops techniques for forecasting solar and geophysical disturbances, and provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events.