名称 略名 NODC
英名 National Oceanographic Data Center
和名 アメリカ海洋データセンター
住所 : National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Tel : 301-713-3277
Fax : 301-713-3302
Email : services@nodc.noaa.gov
www : http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
1. タイプ 米政府機関
2. 機関概要
The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) is one of the national environmental data centers operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U. S. Department of Commerce. The main NODC facility is located in Silver Spring, Maryland. The NODC also has field offices collocated with major government or academic oceanographic laboratories in Woods Hole, MA; Miami, FL; La Jolla, CA; Seattle, WA, and Honolulu, Hawaii.
3. 歴史・使命
Established in 1961, the NODC was originally an interagency facility administered by the U.S. Naval Hydrographic (later Oceanographic) Office.
The NODC was transferred to NOAA in 1970 when NOAA was created by Executive Order. In the words of its charter, the NODC serves to "acquire, process, preserve, and disseminate oceanographic data." Its primary mission is to ensure that global oceanographic data collected at great cost is maintained in a permanent archive that is easily accessible to the world science community and to other users.
