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NODC Major Products and Information



| Weather & Water | Ecosystems | Climate |
| Commerce & Transportation | Cross-Goal Products |



Product Description Location
NOAA Mission Goal: Weather & Watertop^
NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheets (NEWIS) Contains valuable state and local emergency numbers, NOAA websites, media outlets, and evacuation information for residents. http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/activities/weather-ready-nation/newis/
Coastal Product: NODC Coastal Water Temperature Guide (CWTG) Near real-time temperatures from NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) tidal stations and Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) and most recent (within the past six hours) temperatures from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) moored buoys. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/aboutCWTG.html
Coastal Ocean Observing System (COOS) Provides access to real-time and recent weather, oceanographic, water-level and stream gauge observations. http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/website/COOS/viewer.htm
NOAA Mission Goal: Ecosystemstop^
Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas Provides information regarding the coastal/marine environment, coastal infrastructure, and the socio-economic status and trends of the Gulf of Mexico. http://gulfatlas.noaa.gov/
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Habitat NCDDC and National Marine Fisheries pilot projects for habitat monitoring and assessment. http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/interactive-maps/coastal-habitats/gom-coastal-habitat/
Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Watch Near-real-time shipboard measurements of bottom dissolved oxygen on anoxic and hypoxic conditions in the western and north-central Gulf of Mexico http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/hypoxia/
Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABsOS) Integrated information system for managing HAB data, events, and effects http://habsos.noaa.gov/
Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) Single point of access to NOAA coral reef information and data products, especially those derived from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. http://coris.noaa.gov
Ocean Exploration Digital Atlas Selected data from NOAA’s Ocean Exploration expeditions http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/website/google_maps/OE/mapsOE.htm
NOAA Mission Goal: Climate top^
Joint Archive for Sea Level (JASL) International effort to acquire, review, assess, manage, and distribute sea level for hourly and daily values http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/activities/climate/jasl/index.html
Pacific Islands Climate Change Virtual Library Provides access to climate information and tools relevant to Pacific Islands coastal managers. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/vlib/PICCP/
Joint Archive for Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Acquisition, review, documentation, archival, and distribution of shipboard ADCP data sets http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/adcp.html
Global Temperature Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) A cooperative international project with Canada's Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS), the GTSPP is a global ocean Temperature-Salinity resource with timely, high quality data. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/gtspp-home.html
Global Argo Data Repository Argo daily data include real-time and delayed-mode profiles of ocean temperature and salinity measured by the Argo profiling floats. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/argo/latest_data.html
World Ocean Database Provides access to global scientifically quality-controlled ocean profile and plankton data that includes measurements variables gathered since 1773. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/WOD/pr_wod.html
World Ocean Atlas Series Contains objectively analyzed climatological fields of in situ temperature, salinity, oxygen, and other measured variables at standard depth levels for various compositing periods for the world ocean. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/WOA09/pr_woa09.html
International Ocean Atlas Series Volumes 1-12 Printed atlases and digital media from various seas which provide climatic data such as temperature, salinity, and oxygen at various depths. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/indprod.html#inter
Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content Provides data distribution figures for temperature and salinity observations, temperature and salinity anomaly fields for depths 0-2000m, heat content and steric sea level. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/3M_HEAT_CONTENT/
Salinity Anomalies: 1955- 1998 Data distribution figures, salinity climatologies, and salinity anomaly fields associated with the publication http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/DATA_ANALYSIS/sal_intro.html
Warming of the World Ocean: 1955-2003 (Online Data) Data distribution figures, temperature anomaly fields, and heat content fields associated with the publication. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/DATA_ANALYSIS/heat_intro.html
4 km Pathfinder Data Extension of and improvement on the sea surface temperature (SST) fields from the older NOAA/NASA AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder project http://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov/
Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Individual as well as multi-sensor blended SST products with high accuracy and fine spatial resolution. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/ghrsst/
NODC Altimeter Archive Altimeter data and products from the Geosat and Jason-2 Missions. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData
Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) Collection of sea surface temperature (SST) and related thermal stress metrics developed specifically for coral reef ecosystem applications. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/Cortad/
Shipboard Sensor Database Standard suite of shipboard sensor data (also known as underway data) from each NOAA ship with the Scientific Computer System (SCS) http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ssd/
Ocean Color Archive Overview of the NOAA archive services being provided for Level 2 (L2) ocean color products generated by CoastWatch from SeaWiFS, MODIS and MERIS, which consists primarily of spatial information on chlorophyll-a concentration, as well as turbidity (reflectance) http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/OceanColor/
NOAA Mission Goal: Commerce & Transportationtop^
NOAA Marine Environmental Buoy Database Official archive of historical wind, wave, and other marine data collected by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC). The data are collected from moored buoys and from C-MAN (Coastal-Marine Automated Network) stations located on piers, offshore towers, lighthouses, and beaches http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/BUOY/
NOAA Mission Goal: Cross-Goal Productstop^
NOAA Ocean Data Education (NODE) Effort Educational curriculum materials that deliver scientific data and information into the classroom. Current modules include Sea Level, El Nino, and Water Quality. http://dataintheclassroom.org/
Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) A science activity using SST and depth ocean water temperatures. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/Education
NOAA Photo Library Contains over 32,000 images & photos which capture the work, observations, and studies of NOAA employees. http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
NODC CD-ROM & DVD Products CD-ROM and DVD data products currently available from the NODC http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-cdrom.html
Ocean Archive System World’s largest oceanographic archive. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OAS/prd/text/query
Government Maps and Charts NOAA Central Library's (NCL) map collection contains cartographic material published by government agencies http://www.lib.noaa.gov/collections/gov/govdocmaps.html
Earth System Monitor Free quarterly publication that reports on NOAA environmental data and information programs, projects, and activities. http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODCPubs/ESM/esm.html
NODC Posters, Fliers, & Annual Reports NODC Publications currently available from the NODC http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODCPubs/
Full- Text Digital Collections Rich collection of digital historical documents and maps http://www.lib.noaa.gov/collections/imgdocmaps/index.html
NODC Bibliography of Publications An aid to the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) printed and online publications. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NESDIS/NODC/LISD/Central_Library/current_references/current_references_2008_2.pdf

User Services
Each year the NODC responds to thousands of requests for oceanographic data and information. Copies of specified data sets or data selected from the NODC's archive databases can be provided to users on various media types, or online. NODC data products are provided at prices that cover the cost of data selection and retrieval. However, data provided on the NODC public website is free of charge.

Requests for further information about the NODC and its data holdings, products and services should be directed to:

National Oceanographic Data Center
User Services
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC
SSMC3, 4th Floor
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3282
Telephone: 301-713-3277
Fax: 301-713-3302
E-mail: NODC.Services@noaa.gov



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