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Review of NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center / Committee to Review NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center, Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division of Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Geophysical Data Center.
- Geophysics--United States--Data processing.
- Geophysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 (TM)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.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Overview of NGDC""; ""3 Improving the Effectiveness of NGDC""; ""4 NGDC Mission and Vision""; ""5 Conclusions""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Criteria for Review""; ""Appendix C NGDC Holdings""; ""Appendix D NOAA, NESDIS, and NGDC Missions, Visions, and Strategic Objectives""; ""Appendix E NGDC Performance Measures and Milestones""; ""Appendix F Acronyms""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610179824
- 9780309167161
- 0309167167
- 9781280179822
- 1280179821
- 9780309526487
- 0309526485
- OCLC:
- 923259055
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