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1. Global Model Reference Data, 0.5 x 0.5 degree grid-cell [EOSWEBSTER_Global_Ref]
The Global Model Reference Collection contains 3 datasets that have been used extensively in various biogeochemical process models, in addition to some basic data layers used in analyzing and aggregating ...


2. 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002]
The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social ...


3. 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005]
The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 146 countries. The index provides a composite profile of national ...


4. 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000]
The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the ...


5. Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living [IUCN_CARING]
"Caring for the Earth" provides governments, nongovernmental organizations, businesses, and individuals with information and guidance needed to develop ...


6. Global Surface Summary of Day (GLOBALSOD) Database Version 5, via WWW [GLOBALSOD_NCDC]
The NCDC home page address on the WWW is 'http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/'. To obtain the data via direct internet-FTP: open ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov OR open hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov; login: ...


7. National Climatic Data Center's Weather Event Case Study Archive (1991-2008) [NCDC_WX_EVENT_ARCH]
The NCDC weather event archive contains case studies of the major weather events that happened between 1991 and 2006. Each case study includes a detailed discussion of the event combined ...


8. Service Records and Retention System (SRRS) (DSI-9949) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00035]
Service Records and Retention System (SRRS) is historical digital data set DSI-9949, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has archived a number ...


9. State of the Environment - Norway 2004 [SOE_NORWAY]
State of the Environment Norway ("http://www.environment.no/" provides the latest information about the state and development of the environment. The service presents environmental topics ...


10. The El Nino Winter of 1997 - 1998 [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00501]
The El Nino Winter of 1997 - 1998 is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Prior to the winter of 1997-8, record-breaking warm-episode (El Nino) conditions had ...


11. Thunderstorms Across the Nation Atlas [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00535]
Thunderstorms Across the Nation is an atlas available through the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The atlas describes all aspects of the climatology of thunderstorms and hail in the US during ...


12. Terrastat - Land Resource Potential and Constraints Statistics at Country and Regional Level [terrastat]
Terrastat contains country statistics of soil, terrain, climatic and agricultural land use limitations, and potential extent. The designation employed and the presentation of material ...


13. Storm Data (DSI-3910) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00139]
Storm Data is the name of a digital data set and a publication available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The digital data set is DSI-3910. Storm Data covers the United States of America. ...


14. U.S. Weather Bureau Technical Paper Series [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00161]
U.S. Weather Bureau Technical Paper Series are historical meteorological papers archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The U.S. Weather Bureau technical paper series ...


15. Major Marine Ecological Disturbances, Morbidity, Mortality and Disease of Marine Wildlife Species Human Health and Economic Impacts [HEED_UNH]
The HEED (Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions of) Global Change Program, a 3-year effort funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs ...


16. 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001]
The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress ...


17. Large Remaining Unfragmented Forest Areas in Canada [Ca_fblic_GFW]
This raster layer consists of the "large remaining forest areas" grid published in Canada's Forests at a Crossroads: An Assessment in the Year 2000. This dataset is derived from ...


18. 1999 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellite [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00530]
1999 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellite is a technical report produced by and available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The report provides a detailed review of ...


19. A Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00517]
A Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events is a technical report prepared by, and available from, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This 17-page report provides an overview, ...


20. CO2 Surface Exchange Data Sets Used in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) 3-Dimensional (3-D) Global Tracer Transport Model, CDIAC/DB-1006 [FUNG_CO2_INPUT]
[Source: NASA/GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/co2_fung/ These data sets represent the input files used in simulations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) using the Goddard Institute for Space Studies ...


21. National Atlas of the United States of America from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) [USGS_NATIONALATLAS]
The National Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that was published in 1970. Like its predecessor, this edition promotes greater national geographic awareness. It delivers ...


22. State of the Climate - Global Hazards and Extremes [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00673]
Global Hazards/Climate Extremes highlights significant weather events around the world by month and year. It is prepared by and available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The Product ...


23. The Miombo (Africa) Network Land Use/Land Cover CD-ROM from the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP) [IGBP_MIOMBO]
The Miombo Woodlands system is taken to include all those Southern and Central African ecosystems which occur under a hot, subhumid, seasonally-wet climate on soils derived ...


24. World Resources from the World Resources Institute (WRI) [WRI_WORLD_RESOURCES]
The latest World Resources reference is an authoritative assessment of the world's natural resources. The World Resources Institute (WRI), in collaboration with the United Nations Development ...


25. Cross-National Patterns of Tropical Deforestation, 1975-1990 [USDA0236]
The purpuse of this dataset is to understand global patterns of change and variation in tropical deforestation from 1975 to 1990. Collection Organization: Multiple sources, ...


26. EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal [WRI_EarthTrends]
EarthTrends is an online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. Committed to the principle that accurate information drives ...


27. Africa FAO Irrigable Soil Classes (GIS Coverage) [NBId0017_101]
New-ID: NBI17 Irrigable soils of Africa. The African Irrigable Soils Dataset documentation Files: IRRIGUT.E00 Code: 100050-001 IRRIGUB.E00 ...


28. Desertification Atlas (Africa) Maps 1-17 [NBId0270_101]
INTRODUCTION Desertification/Land Degradation - The Background More than 6.1 billion hectares, over one third of the Earth's land area, is dryland. Nearly one billion hectares ...


29. Africa Irrigation Potential, Best soils, 1987 [NBId0211_101]
The Africa Irrigation Potential data set, which represents the best soils suitable for upland, is part of the FAO Irrigation and Water Resources Potential Database. The main input maps ...


30. Africa Water Balance high/lowland crops, 1987 [NBId0203_101]
The Africa Water Balance data set which is prepared by watershed and by country, belongs to the group of "Irrigation and Water Resources Potential" study. It covers 55 countries and 25 ...


31. Desertification Atlas (Global) Maps 1-20 [NBId0288_101]
INTRODUCTION Desertification/Land Degradation - The Background More than 6.1 billion hectares, over one third of the Earth's land area, is dryland. Nearly one billion hectares ...


32. Annual Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions on a 1x1 Degree Grid from the Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA), IGBP/IGAC [GEIA_N2O]
The Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) is an activity of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). ...


33. West Africa Tropical Forest/Non-Forest Digital Composite Map [GNVd0061_104]
UNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Set: West Africa Tropical Forest/Non-forest Digital Map This digital data set is one of the principal results of the West Africa ...


34. Desertification Hazard For Africa (Model Result) [GNVd0040_104]
Conceptual models were developed by FAO staff to assess global soils in relation to the processes of desertification and to conduct a full desertification hazards evaluation in Africa. The map sheet ...


35. NOAA Global Vegetation Index (GVI), 1982-1992 from UNEP/GRID-Geneva [GNV00020_23]
[The summary was adapted from original documentation provided by UNEP/GRID-Geneva] GNV00020 - NOAA weekly vegetation Index; First Generation GNV00021 ...


36. Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN) [CANEMRCCRSCAPMON]
This dataset includes daily sampling of air and precipitation for acidifying air pollutants, ozone and major ions. Variables: Precipitation amount and chemical composition; Air - chemical ...


37. ICRAF - International Center for Research in Agro-forestry databases [ICRAF_Agroforestree]
The Agroforestree (AFT) Database is a species reference and selection guide for agroforestry trees. In the context of the database, agroforestry trees are those that are deliberately grown ...


38. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the American Geological Institute (AGI) Global GIS Database [Global_GIS]
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic ...


39. Global Glacier Ice Mass Balance Data [WGMS_GLACIER_ICE_MASS_BALANCE]
The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) started to maintain and continue the collection of information on ongoing glacier changes. The Mass Balance Bulletin (MBB), a large part of ...


40. NOAA ESRL Annual Green House Gas Index (AGGI) [NOAA_ESRL_Annual_Green_House_Gas_Index_AGGI]
THE NOAA ANNUAL GREENHOUSE GAS INDEX (AGGI) NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, R/GMD, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 James.H.Butler@noaa.gov Updated September 10, 2010 INTRODUCTION Increases ...


41. A Comparison of NEXRAD Rainfall Estimates with Recorded Amounts [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00496]
A Comparison of NEXRAD Rainfall Estimates with Recorded Amounts is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This study compares NEXRAD-estimated storm-total precipitation ...


42. A Dust Climatology of the Western United States [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00016]
A Dust Climatology of the Western United States is a historical publication archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This publication was prepared by the NCDC for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory ...


43. Argentina Upper Air (DSI-6316) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00557]
Argentina Upper Air is historical digital data set DSI-6316, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This is meteorological upper air data. This is a historical data set of upper air ...


44. Atlantic Basin and North American Hurricane Database Re-analysis Project (DSI-9630) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00587]
Atlantic Basin and North American Hurricane Database Re-analysis Project is digital data set DSI-9630, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set consists of a re-analysis ...


45. Atmospheric Absorption/Emission Observations - AFGL Program (DSI-9703) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00057]
Atmospheric Absorption/Emission Observations is historical digital data set DSI-9703, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data file contains a compilation developed by the U.S. ...


46. Australia Upper Air Thermo/Winds Merged (DSI-6323) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00563]
Australia Upper Air Thermo/Winds Merged is historical digital data set DSI-6323, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This is meteorological upper air data. This is a historical data ...


47. BOMEX - Salinity-Temperature-Depth (STD) Data (DSI-9673) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00599]
BOMEX - Salinity-Temperature-Depth (STD) Data is a historical digital data set archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). BOMEX Archive includes, data collected during the Barbados Oceanographic ...


48. CMDL Hourly Average Surface Carbon Dioxide (DSI-3273) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00363]
CMDL Hourly Average Surface Carbon Dioxide is historical data set DSI-3273, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Data were provided by the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory ...


49. Climate Visualization (CLIMVIS) [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00511]
CLIMVIS is a web page at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Climate Visualization (CLIMVIS) is one of the services offered at the web site of the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Choose ...


50. Climatic Atlas of the Outer Continental Shelf Waters and Coastal Regions of Alaska [gov.noaa.ncdc.C00585]
Climatic Atlas of the Outer Continental Shelf Waters and Coastal Regions of Alaska is a climatology atlas, available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). These atlases update the knowledge ...


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