NODC Gopher Server Now Available on Internet
 
The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) has established a
Gopher server to provide Internet access to information about
NODC ocean data holdings, products, and services. The NODC is one
of the national environmental data centers operated by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the
U.S. Department of Commerce. The primary mission of the NODC is
to maintain a growing archive of historical oceanographic data
and to make its data resources easily accessible to users in the
United States and around the world.
 
The NODC's global holdings of physical, chemical, and biological
oceanographic data currently total over 60 gigabytes, making it
the world's largest publicly available ocean data archive.
 
Information already installed on the NODC Gopher server includes:
-  NODC telephone numbers and e-mail addresses,
-  how to obtain NODC data products,
-  detailed descriptions of the NODC's major oceanographic
   databases,
-  a complete list and descriptions of the NODC's CD-ROM data
   products, and
-  reports on NODC's international oceanographic data management
   and data exchange activities.
 
The NODC Gopher server can be accessed directly through the
following Internet address:
 
       gopher.nodc.noaa.gov
 
The NODC Gopher server is also available through the prototype
NODC Mosaic home page at the World Wide Web address:
 
       http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
 
The NODC Gopher and Mosaic servers are developing systems that
will be expanded and enhanced over the coming months.  Questions
and comments about NODC's Internet services should be directed
to: Parmesh Dwivedi (e-mail: pdwivedi@nodc.noaa.gov).
 
 
 
        Bruce C. Douglas
        Director
        National Oceanographic Data Center
        DOC/NOAA/NESDIS E/OC
        1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
        Washington, DC 20235
        USA
        Telephone:  202-606-4594
        Fax:        202-606-4586
        Internet:  bdouglas@nodc.noaa.gov