National Centers for Environmental Information

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environmental data center federal agency of the United States

The National Centers for Environmental Information is a U.S. federal organization that archives, manages, and provides public access to extensive environmental, atmospheric, oceanic, and geophysical data.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
National Centers for Environmental Information canonical	2
NCEI	1
NOAA data centers	1
National Climatic Data Center	1
National Geophysical Data Center	1
National Oceanographic Data Center	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T293869 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Centers for Environmental Information
Context triple: [National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, hasDivision, National Centers for Environmental Information]

A. Climate Prediction Center
The Climate Prediction Center is a U.S. government center that provides operational climate forecasts, monitoring, and assessments to support weather- and climate-related decision making.
B. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. federal scientific agency focused on understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, and managing and conserving marine and coastal resources.
C. National Centers for Environmental Prediction
The National Centers for Environmental Prediction is a major U.S. government organization that provides national and global weather, climate, and environmental forecasts and analyses.
D. Earth System Research Laboratories
Earth System Research Laboratories is a NOAA research organization that studies the atmosphere and related Earth system processes to improve weather, climate, and air quality understanding and prediction.
E. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) is a NOAA division responsible for managing the United States’ civil environmental satellites and providing critical weather, climate, and oceanographic data.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Centers for Environmental Information
Target entity description: The National Centers for Environmental Information is a U.S. federal organization that archives, manages, and provides public access to extensive environmental, atmospheric, oceanic, and geophysical data.

A. Climate Prediction Center
The Climate Prediction Center is a U.S. government center that provides operational climate forecasts, monitoring, and assessments to support weather- and climate-related decision making.
B. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a U.S. federal scientific agency focused on understanding and predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts, and managing and conserving marine and coastal resources.
C. National Centers for Environmental Prediction
The National Centers for Environmental Prediction is a major U.S. government organization that provides national and global weather, climate, and environmental forecasts and analyses.
D. Earth System Research Laboratories
Earth System Research Laboratories is a NOAA research organization that studies the atmosphere and related Earth system processes to improve weather, climate, and air quality understanding and prediction.
E. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
The National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) is a NOAA division responsible for managing the United States’ civil environmental satellites and providing critical weather, climate, and oceanographic data.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental data center ⓘ federal agency of the United States ⓘ
archives	atmospheric data ⓘ climate data ⓘ environmental data ⓘ geophysical data ⓘ in-situ environmental observations ⓘ oceanographic data ⓘ satellite environmental data ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataUsers	businesses ⓘ general public ⓘ policymakers ⓘ scientists ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	National Climatic Data Center ⓘ linked to: National Centers for Environmental Information National Geophysical Data Center ⓘ linked to: National Centers for Environmental Information National Oceanographic Data Center ⓘ linked to: National Centers for Environmental Information
headquartersLocation	Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ Boulder, Colorado ⓘ Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
inception	2015 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ Boulder, Colorado ⓘ Silver Spring, Maryland ⓘ
maintains	U.S. climate normals ⓘ geomagnetic data archives ⓘ global historical climate network datasets ⓘ global ocean temperature and salinity datasets ⓘ long-term climate records ⓘ paleoclimate data archives ⓘ
mission	to preserve, monitor, assess, and provide public access to the Nation’s environmental data and information ⓘ
operatedBy	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
parentOrganization	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ
partOf	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ
provides	climate assessment reports ⓘ climate data services ⓘ climate monitoring products ⓘ data download services ⓘ data visualization tools ⓘ public access to environmental data ⓘ
sector	climate ⓘ environment ⓘ geophysics ⓘ oceans ⓘ
shortName	NCEI ⓘ linked to: National Centers for Environmental Information
usesDataFrom	aircraft ⓘ buoys ⓘ satellites ⓘ ships ⓘ weather stations ⓘ
website	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/ ⓘ

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