Mission
Produce high quality environmental information resources, in usable forms and formats, that serve the needs of individuals, communities, and organizations at all levels of society

Focus
Development of decision support tools and environments
Integration of geospatial technologies with environmental observation networks
Deployment of mission-critical environmental applications

Background
The Center for Environmental Informatics (CEI) in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute was originally formed in 2000 as the Outreach Center of the former Environment Institute within the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. CEI focuses the development of new and innovative approaches to the creation and dissemination of environmental information resources.