21st Century Complete Guide to the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC): Ocean Observing Systems, Beach and Coastal Data

National Security encompasses many aspects, and the National Oceanographic Data Center is ready to do its part. The Center holds the largest worldwide collection of in situ oceanographic data - the Coastal Ocean Time Series Database, the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, and Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profile data set. Although NODC's primary mission is to archive historical data and provide long term data records for research and analysis, there is near real-time and delayed mode data available from the Global Temperature Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and the Argo (profiling floats) projects. Historic sea level data and wave data are also available, as well as satellite data from the NODC Satellite Oceanography Group. A valuable source of coastal data and information can be obtained from NODC's newest division, the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC).

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