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Table 28.1 National Civilian and Military Data CentersListed below are <strong>the</strong> existing federal data centers with <strong>the</strong>ir sponsoring agencies and scientific specialties.Name of CenterSponsoring AgencySpecialtyNational Data CentersCarbon Dioxide In<strong>for</strong>mation<strong>An</strong>alysis Center (CDIAC)Center <strong>for</strong> InternationalEarth Science In<strong>for</strong>mationNetwork (CIESIN)Earth Resources ObservationSystems (EROS) Data Center(EDC)National EarthquakeIn<strong>for</strong>mation Center (NEIC)National Climatic DataCenter (NCDC)National Geophysical DataCenter (NGDC)National <strong>Ocean</strong>ographicData Center (NODC)National Snow and Ice DataCenter (NSIDC)National Ice Center (NIC)National Coastal DataDevelopment CenterNational Space Science DataCenter (NSSDC)U.S. Department of EnergyColumbia University (supportedby contracts from 22 nonfederaland federal agencies)U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)USGSNational <strong>Ocean</strong>ic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA)NOAANOAAUniversity of Colorado (undercooperative agreement withNOAA)NOAA, U.S. Coast Guard,U.S. NavyNOAANational Aeronautics andSpace Administration (NASA)Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs)Oak Ridge NationalLaboratory (ORNL) DAACSocioeconomic Data and ApplicationsCenter (SEDAC) DAACLand Processes (EDC) DAACNational Snow and Ice DataCenter (NSIDC) DAACGoddard Space Flight Center(GSFC) DAACLangley Research Center(LaRC) DAACPhysical <strong>Ocean</strong>ography (PO)DAACAlaska Syn<strong>the</strong>tic ApertureRadar (SAR) Facility DAACNASANASANASANASANASANASANASANASAMilitary Data Centers of Particular Importance to <strong>Ocean</strong>-related IssuesNaval <strong>Ocean</strong>ographic OfficeNaval Ice CenterFleet Numerical Meteorologyand <strong>Ocean</strong>ography CenterU.S. NavyU.S. NavyU.S. NavyAtmospheric trace gases, global carbon cycle, solar andatmospheric radiationAgriculture, biodiversity, ecosystems, world resources,population, environmental assessment and health, landuse and land cover changeCartographic and land remote-sensing data productsEarthquake in<strong>for</strong>mation, seismogramsClimate, meteorology, alpine environments, ocean–atmosphere interactions, vegetation, paleoclimatologyBathymetry, topography, geomagnetism, habitat, hazards,marine geophysicsPhysical, chemical, and biological oceanographic dataSnow, land ice, sea ice, atmosphere, biosphere,hydrosphereGlobal ice, meteorology, and oceanographic dataData relevant to coastal managersAstronomy, astrophysics, solar and space physics, lunarand planetary scienceTerrestrial biogeochemistry, ecosystem dynamicsPopulation and administrative boundariesLand remote-sensing imagery, elevation, land coverSea ice, snow cover, ice sheet data, brightness, temperature,polar atmosphere<strong>Ocean</strong> color, hydrology and precipitation, land biosphere,atmospheric dynamics, and chemistryRadiation budget, clouds, aerosols, and troposphericchemistryAtmospheric moisture, climatology, heat flux, ice, oceanwind, sea-surface height, temperatureSea ice, polar processesBathymetry, hydrography, oceanographyGlobal ice, meteorology, and oceanographic dataAtmosphere and oceansSource (except military centers): National Research Council. Government Data Centers: Meeting Increasing Demand.Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2003.430 A N O CEAN B LUEPRINT FOR THE 21ST C ENTURY

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