NOAA Satellite and Information ServicesOffice of the Chief Information Officer
GeoSpatial Data and Climate Services (GDCS) Group
[Environmental Services and Data Information Management]

[Global Climate Observation System]

[Global Change Data Information Service]

[National Environmental Data Index]

[Department Of Commerce]

[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]

[National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service ]

[National Data Centers]

[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Server]

[FGDC]

[EIS Workshops]

[NOAA Privacy Act]

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Our Mission: The primary mission of the GeoSpatial Data and Climate Services (GDCS) group, previously known as NOAA's Environmental Information Services (EIS) group, is to provide a cross-cutting service to all of NOAA regarding data, information, and other services needed to support data management activities within NESDIS, across all NOAA Line Offices, with other federal agencies, as well as with international organizations on matters of data and information management. Data management deals
with acquiring, quality controlling, preserving, storing, and providing user access to data holdings. GDCS planning and liaison functions stress cooperative efforts across NOAA and among agencies and international partners for facilitating environmental information exchange and user access.
Specific programs administered by GDCS include the Environmental Services Data and Information Management (ESDIM) program, the NOAA central repository of over 14,000 metadata descriptions maintained on the NOAAServer, the main focus of Federal Geographic Data Committee activities across NOAA, the help desk function for the NOAA home page, as well as providing the national focus for the U.S. contribution to the international Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program effort.

Page Last Updated Monday February 26th, 2001

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