NOAA Satellite and Information Service
National Oceanographic Data Center

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User Charges | Payment Methods | Standard Prices

The National Oceanographic Data Center provides customers with both prepared, off-the-shelf products such as publications, DVDs / CD-ROMs, and data products produced from data selectively retrieved from the NODC archive. Requests for general information and referral services should spell out both the information required and the application for which it is needed. Knowing about the problem the user is trying to solve often helps NODC to provide more complete and relevant information.

Requests for NODC products and services (and credit card orders) should be directed to NODC User Services, or order online at the NNDC Online Store (for CD-ROMs, DVDs, and Publications)


NOAA’s National Data Centers (NNDC)
[Tax ID # 52-0821608]  

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, NC

National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Boulder, CO

National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), Silver Spring, MD


Non-Federal Customer Payment Policy

All non-federal customers must pay in advance unless this requirement is specifically waived. Please include payment for any RUSH, special mailing, or bank transfer fee charges when required. Please allow one week transit time for mailed payments to be received at the NNDC Fiscal Department


User Charges

NOTE: Most data downloaded online is free of charge. Customized requests, CD-ROMs, DVDs, and publications may have a user cost associated with the product.

Prices for NODC data products and services are set in accordance with policy guidelines of NOAA and the Department of Commerce. Every effort is made to keep prices at a level that does not hinder access to data. Government agencies, universities, depository libraries, and other non-profit organizations in the United States are eligible to receive NESDIS data products and services at discounted prices. Standard prices have been established for one-to-one dataset copies; for customized data selection and retrieval (on hard copy media or via FTP); and for CD-ROM or DVD data products. Users working under time constraints needing faster-than-normal service may request that their jobs be given priority attention. Such rush orders are subject to an additional rush order surcharge. See standard prices below.


Payment Methods

# Charge Card : NNDC accepts payment in U.S. currency by MasterCard, VISA, American Express, and Discover. Cardholder’s name, charge card number and expiration date are required. When indicating this method of payment via mail or fax, the cardholder must sign the document authorizing the charge.

# Check or Money Order : Check or money order must be drawn on a United States Bank, in U.S. currency, made payable to NOAA National Data Centers-NODC, and contain your bank’s 9-digit ABA (American Banking Association) routing/transit code.

  • Subscription Renewal
    Mail a copy of the subscription renewal invoice with payment to:
    NOAA NCDC, P.O. Box 979023, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

  • Other Data
    Mail payment and related correspondence to:
    Commerce/NOAA/NNDC, c/o Information Manufacturing Corporation,
    Attn:  Fiscal Department, 310 State Route 956, Building 300,
    Rocket Center, WV  26726-9229


# Automated Clearing House (ACH):

ACH is an electronic network, which transfers funds on your behalf from your financial institution to ours. ACH payments, in U.S. currency, should be sent directly to:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045

with the following information:

Company Name     Name of Remitter
Company ID     Tax ID
Company Entry Description     FEE (Example only)
Date     
Receiving Company ABA     0510-3670-6
Account Number     540022
Dollar Amount     Supplied by Remitter
Individual ID Number     Order # or Pro forma #
Agency Name     NOAA National Data Centers

** Note: In addition to the total cost of your data/product(s) order, you MUST add your bank’s ACH transfer fee. Please contact your bank for the correct ACH transfer fee amount. **


# Wire Transfers:


Wire payments, in U.S. currency, should be sent directly to:
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045

with the following information:

TAG NAME
TAG NUMBER
REQUIRED INFORMATION
Type/Subtype Code (1,510) 1000
Dollar Amount (2,000) $9,999,999.99
(example only)
Sender Financial Institution (3,100) Sending Fin. Inst's. Routing & Transit # and Bank name
Sender Reference (3,320) Completed by Sender
Receiver Financial Institution (3,400) 021030004 TREAS NYC
Beneficiary (4,200) D
13140001 - NOAA National Data Centers
Originator to Beneficiary Info. (6,000) Payment Detail (e.g. Order #)
Swift Code (if required)   FRNYUS33

** Note: In addition to the total cost of your data/product(s) order, you MUST add your bank’s wire transfer fee. Please contact your bank for the correct wire transfer fee amount. **


# UNESCO coupon
: NNDC accepts payment by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization coupons.

For additional information, or clarification, please feel free to contact NOAA’s NNDC by phone at (828) 271-4695, by fax at (828) 271-4009 or by email at NeSFiscal.NCDC@noaa.gov.


Please be sure to include specific information about the product being ordered and include the customer's name and shipping address.
Make checks payble to "NOAA National Data Centers-NODC".


NODC Standard Unit Prices

A pricing policy and price schedule for NOAA/NESDIS data and information products and services is in effect. According to this policy, U.S. academic institutions, government agencies, and other non-profit organizations are entitled to receive a discount (of approximately 25%) off the regular prices for their data orders. The following table lists data and information products currently available from the National Oceanographic Data Center along with the regular and discount prices for each item. [Prices are subject to change without notice.]


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