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Appendix F Acronyms


AGU

American Geophysical Union


CIRES

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science

CORS

Continuously Operating Reference Stations


DMSP

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DOD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy


FTE

full-time equivalent

FY

fiscal year


GPS

Global Positioning System


ISD

Information Services Division


LDEO

Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory


MGG

Marine Geology and Geophysics


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCAR

National Center for Atmospheric Research

NCDC

National Climatic Data Center

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NGDC

National Geophysical Data Center

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NODC

National Oceanographic Data Center

NOS

National Ocean Service

NPOESS

National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

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NSF

National Science Foundation

NSIDC

National Snow and Ice Data Center


OMB

Office of Management and Budget


PI

principal investigator

PRA

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995


SEG

Solid Earth Geophysics

STP

Solar-Terrestrial Physics


USGS

U.S. Geological Survey


WDC

World Data Center

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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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