Repository details
National Centers for Environmental Information
Name of repository
National Centers for Environmental Information
Additional name(s)
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
- NCEI
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) are responsible for hosting and providing public access to one of the most significant archives for environmental data on Earth with over 20 petabytes of comprehensive atmospheric, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical data. NCEI headquarters are located in Asheville, North Carolina. Most employees work in the four main locations, but apart from those locations, NCEI has employees strategically located throughout the United States. The main locations are Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites–North Carolina (CICS-NC) at Asheville, North Carolina, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at Boulder Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites–Maryland (CICS-MD) at Silver Spring Maryland and Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
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Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
Institutions (4)
Additional name(s)
- Data Observation Network for Earth
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2016
Additional name(s)
- NESDIS
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- technical
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- NOAA
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (1)
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (2)
DataLicense
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- institutional membership
Data upload license (1)
Data upload license name
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- unknown
Quality management
yes
Application programming interfaces (1)
Metadata standards (1)
Metadata standard
Remarks
Remarks
The demand for high-value environmental data and information has dramatically increased in recent years. NCEI is designed to improve NOAA’s ability to meet that demand. The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235, approved the consolidation of NOAA’s existing three National Data Centers: the National Climatic Data Center, the National Geophysical Data Center, and the National Oceanographic Data Center into the National Centers for Environmental Information. By using consistent data stewardship tools and practices across all science disciplines and by forging an improved data management team, users will see an improvement in the overall value of our environmental data archives. The transition to NCEI will take time, with the final integration anticipated beyond 2020. An overriding principle throughout the formation of NCEI is transparency to our users and commitment to continuing to provide the geophysical, oceans, coastal, weather and climate data users have come to rely on.
Entry date
2015-08-21
Last update
2025-02-17
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