National Centers for Environmental Information

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National Centers for Environmental Information

Agency overview
Formed	2015 (2015)
Preceding agencies	National Climatic Data Center National Geophysical Data Center National Oceanographic Data Center
Jurisdiction	United States government
Headquarters	Asheville, North Carolina
Employees	approximately 500
Annual budget	$71.4 million (2023)
Agency executive	Director Derek Arndt (2023)
Parent agency	National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Website	www.ncei.noaa.gov

The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is a U.S. government agency that manages one of the world's largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic data. The current director is Derek Arndt.^[1]

NCEI is operated by the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which operates under the U.S. Department of Commerce.

In addition to archiving data, NCEI develops products and services that make data readily available to scientists, government officials, the business community, academia, non-governmental organizations, and the general public.

NCEI provides environmental data, products, and services covering the depths of the ocean to the surface of the Sun.^[2]