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The National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC) is a program of the [[[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)]. Environmental prediction, assessment, and the conservation and management of coastal and oceanic resources are primary functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The National Coastal Data Development, located at NASA's Stennis Space Center, provides access to the long-term coastal data record to support environmental prediction, scientific analyses, and formulation of public policy. Because much of this data is stored at geographically distributed repositories in a variety of formats, NCDDC works closely with many federal, state and local agencies, academic institutions, and the private sector to create a unified, long-term database of coastal data sets. NCDDC employs established and emerging technologies to catalog available coastal data and will ultimately create a virtual data system that links this distributed network of data repositories.1 NCDDC has Liaison Officers located at Regional Offices in Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, California and Hawaii.

== History and Organization ==

Congress provided funds in fiscal year 2000 for the establishment of NCDDC at the John C. Stennis Space Center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. NOAA reported NCDDC successfully opened in fiscal year 2002. 2 The National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC) is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA is an agency of the US Department of Commerce. NOAA has seven line offices. NCDDC is in the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) line office. NCDDC is a major component of the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). NCDDC, NODC, and the NOAA Central Library are integrated to provide access to the world's most comprehensive sources of marine environmental data and information. NCDDC has two major divisions: Information Technology Operations and Science Programs. Mission and Goal NCDDC is dedicated to supporting ecosystem management by providing access to the Nation's coastal and ocean data resources. NCDDC fulfills this mission by bringing together diverse coastal data from a variety of sources and creating ways for users to access data via the Internet. In order to make coastal data more accessible, NCDDC maintains a searchable metadata catalog of coastal data, develops gateways to data repositories, and uses technology that allows users to receive data in specific formats for their needs. NCDDC’s goal is to provide increased utilization of coastal and oceanographic data using web-based search and access and geographic information systems (GIS) techniques, which will improve understanding, management, and use of coastal areas. NCDDC achieves this mission and goal by simplifying data discovery, providing a virtual catalog, ensuring data quality, and making new products available. Activities NCDDC works with partners to find data and develop new and improved methods of providing access to that data through the Internet. Many contain near real time data. 3 ·	Coastal Science, Information & Data for the Ecosystem (C-SIDE) ·	MERMAid ·	Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Watch ·	NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and Research ·	California Current Ecosystem Data Management ·	Coastal Risk Atlas ·	Katrina Impact Assessment ·	Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS) ·	Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN) ·	2008 NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheet (NEWIS) ·	Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project .

[edit] External links ·	National Oceanographic Data Center ·	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ·	National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service ·	John C. Stennis Space Center

References 1	NOAA in Your State http://www.legislative.noaa.gov/NIYS0107/noaainyourstate.html 2	Barazotto, R., Klein, F. (2002) The New National Coastal Data Development Center http://www.noblis.org/BusinessAreas/OceansAtmosphereSpace/NCDDC.pdf 3	NCDDC.noaa.gov