• Source: National Geophysical Data Center

The United States National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provided scientific stewardship, products and services for geophysical data describing the solid earth, marine, and solar-terrestrial environment, as well as earth observations from space. It was established in 1965 as part of the new Environmental Science Services Administration until that organization became the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1970. In 2015, NGDC was merged with the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) into the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).




Location and controlling bodies


Since 1972 the NGDC was located in Boulder, Colorado as a part of the US Department of Commerce (USDOC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS).




Data holdings


NGDC's data holdings contained more than 300 digital and analog databases, with over 37 terabytes of unique digital records plus paper, film, slides and microfilm in 2003. As technology advanced, so did the search for more efficient ways of preserving these data. This data is now maintained by the NCEI.




Data contributors


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




Data users


NGDC's data users included:

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 developed data management programs that reflect the changing world of geophysics. These programs are now part of the National Centers for Environmental Information.




References

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• Gempa bumi Irpinia 1980
• Oriks afrika timur
• Gempa bumi dan tsunami Sulawesi 1969
• Danau Huron
• Gempa bumi Sumatra 1931
• Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
• Tsunami vulkanik
• Deklinasi magnetik
• Gempa bumi dan megatsunami Ambon 1674
• Gempa bumi besar Hanshin
• National Geophysical Data Center
• National Oceanographic Data Center
• World Data Center
• National Climatic Data Center
• Lists of earthquakes
• National Centers for Environmental Information
• List of historical earthquakes
• List of natural disasters by death toll
• List of earthquakes in Japan
• Lake Michigan