Welcome to the Northern Gulf Institute

ECOSYSTEM DATA ASSEMBLY CENTER

Beginning in July 2006, the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), with its partners, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Mississippi State University (MSU), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) and Radiance Technologies have succeeded in establishing the Ecosystems Data Assembly Center (EDAC).

The EDAC directly supports the work of the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI), a NOAA Cooperative Institute. Working in conjunction with the NGI, the EDAC is developing the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure to support ecosystem observations data and other related data collected in the Gulf. These data will be made available to scientists and researchers via the EDAC to support their research interests and to increase their knowledge of the unique physical, biological, and chemical characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem.