Key To Geophysical Records Documentation

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is responsible for collecting, managing, and disseminating many kinds of data that result from man's inquiry into his environment. The National Geophysical Data center (NGDC) is one of the data management centers of NOAA. Other centers are the National Oceanographic Data Center in Washington, D.C., and the National Climatic Center in Asheville, N.C."--Introduction.

"This pamphlet briefly describes the principal products and services NGDC provides through its Solid Earth Geophysics Division (SEG). Among the most important activities of SEG are acquiring and archiving data, processing and formatting data into standard sets, developing useful data products for customers, and advertising and disseminating data to the scientific, academic, and industrial communities"--Introduction.