National Climatic Data Center Global Climate Observing System Support

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the primary, official source of climate data for the United States and a recognized principal center of expertise on regional, national and global climate matters. The U.S. Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) program office is part of NCDC, and supports NCDC in climate policy development, international multi-lateral coordination and cooperation on environmental information records acquisition, and in NCDC’s leading role in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Observations and Monitoring Oversight within NOAA.

RTi’s support for NCDC’s GCOS office and its mission involves five main areas:

• Transition and monitoring of the Environmental Services Data and Information (ESDIM) program from an NOAA-wide grants program to a more climate-focused development activity
• Construction of Climate Data Records aggregated from many observation systems as part of a larger effort integral to the Scientific Data Stewardship mission of NCDC
• Federally mandated data quality planning in support of NCDC’s lead coordination function for the activity within NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
• Web systems development in support of the joint GCOS and NOAA Climate Ocean Observing website and associated climate observing monitoring center
• International Program Management for GCOS improvements made globally in partnership with GCOS Cooperation Mechanism partners around the world

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