Review of NOAA s National Geophysical Data Center

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Publication Year:2003

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Committee to Review NOAA s National Geophysical Data Center, Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, National Research Council
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The report reviews the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and assesses how well the center is managing its holdings, serving its users, and supporting NOAA's mission. It concludes that NGDC is the natural place within NOAA and the nation ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-6	(skim)
1. Introduction	7-12	(skim)
2. Overview of NGDC	13-28	(skim)
3. Improving the Effectiveness of NGDC	29-52	(skim)
4. NGDC Mission and Vision	53-58	(skim)
5. Conclusions	59-62	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	63-68	(skim)
Appendix B: Criteria for Review	69-70	(skim)
Appendix C: NGDC Holdings	71-92	(skim)
Appendix D: NOAA, NESDIS, and NGDC Missions, Visions, and Strategic Objectives	93-98	(skim)
Appendix E: NGDC Performance Measures and Milestones	99-104	(skim)
Appendix F: Acronyms	105-106	(skim)

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The report reviews the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and assesses how well the center is managing its holdings, serving its users, and supporting NOAA's mission. It concludes that NGDC is the natural place within NOAA and the nation for stewardship and dissemination of data related to the solid Earth and space environment. These subject areas are also relevant to NOAA s new priority on integrated environmental approaches. For NGDC to fulfill its potential, however, it must first rearticulate its mission and overcome some solvable problems, including obtaining effective feedback from its users and organizing the center to eliminate parallel activities and reduce scientific isolation among the divisions.

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