Every day, people depend upon NOAA data in ways they don’t even think about. From building better homes to the products you see on store shelves, NOAA data helps drive our scientific research, resource management and economy. Now that information will be easier to access than ever as NOAA NCEI moves its data to the cloud!  What can you expect from this modernization effort? We answer your questions below: First things first. What is NOAA NCEI? NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) houses one of the largest collections of environmental data in the world. More specifically, NCEI archives over 229 terabytes of data each month from more than 130 observing platforms. This provides an ever-expanding repository of atmospheric, oceanic, geophysical and climate data used daily by researchers, emergency managers, businesses and communities across the U.S. and the globe.  When is the data being moved to the cloud?…