NOAA National Data Centers



NOAA Data Usage Statistics

Current through December 2003, these statistics are for on-line usage and off-line requests to NESDIS data services:

On-line statistics include access of NOAA data and information via Internet tools such as ftp, and Internet HTML pages. Off-line statistics include volume of sales, written, fax, email, and telephone request for NOAA data and information services.

  1. Cumulative On-line Usage by Data Center from December 1997 to present. (by Area)

  2. Cumulative On-line Usage by Data Center from December 1997 to present. (by Line)

  3. Cumulative EIS user requests from June 1997 to present.

  4. Cumulative NESDIS Archives from March 1998 to Present.

  5. Cumulative NESDIS Downloads from October 2000 to Present.

  6. Cumulative NOAA National Data Center datasales from June 1997 to present.

What data products are available from NOAA?

NOAA data includes the latest GOES images of the U.S., the latest weather reports for the U.S., pictures of Hurricane Emily hitting the Outer Banks, studies of solar terrestrial physics, information on marine biology from the National Marine Fisheries Service, sea surface temperatures from Coast Watch images, weather in space, and many other things.

What can you do with data from NOAA?

NOAA data are used in a variety of ways. Examples on what you can do with data from NOAA can be found in the following documents.