ncdc

Thân thiện

The NCDC provides climate data to researchers.

Definition

Noun: 1. National Climatic Data Center: The NCDC is the part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the world's largest archive of historical weather and climate data.

Usage

• Noun:
  • Scientists rely on the NCDC for long-term climate trend analysis.
  • The historical storm records are archived at the NCDC.

Advanced Usage

• "NCDC data": Refers specifically to the climate and weather datasets managed and distributed by this center.
  • The research paper was based on NCDC data from the last century.

Variants and Related Words

• NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration): The parent agency of the NCDC.
• NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information): In 2015, the NCDC was merged with other NOAA data centers to form the NCEI. The term "NCDC" is still commonly used when referring to the historical archive and its legacy functions.

Synonyms

• Climate data archive
• Weather data center

Học thuật

Noun

1. the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data

Từ đồng nghĩa

• National Climatic Data Center
• NCDC