National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

What Does National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Mean?

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is a central resource for monitoring climate and environmental data for the United States. It is a project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The NCDC maintains a wide chronology of data, from extremely old climate data to new data on recent weather trends and patterns.

Advertisements

Techopedia Explains National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

Internal resources from the National Climatic Data Center show that the group’s strategic vision involves helping to provide more readiness for emergencies, along with preserving natural resources such as undeveloped land and ocean habitats. The goal of the National Climatic Data Center is to present businesses, federal agencies and the public with a central repository of knowledge and information on anything having to do with climate and weather information. This go-to resource can help drive research on emerging trends, and help with puzzling out tough questions about climate change and other big issues that influence policy.

Advertisements

Related Terms

Latest Data Centers Terms

Related Reading

Margaret Rouse

Margaret Rouse is an award-winning technical writer and teacher known for her ability to explain complex technical subjects to a non-technical, business audience. Over the past twenty years her explanations have appeared on TechTarget websites and she's been cited as an authority in articles by the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine and Discovery Magazine.Margaret's idea of a fun day is helping IT and business professionals learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages. If you have a suggestion for a new definition or how to improve a technical explanation, please email Margaret or contact her…