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1. Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Last of the Wild Dataset (Geographic) [CIESIN_SEDAC_LWP2_LW_GEOG]
The Last of the Wild Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2) is derived from the LWP-2 Human Footprint Dataset. The gridded data are classified according to their raster value ...


2. National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II) [CIESIN_SEDAC_NAGDC_PLACEII]
The Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II) dataset contains estimates of national-level aggregations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal ...


3. National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III) [CIESIN_SEDAC_NAGDC_PLACEIII]
The Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III) data set contains estimates of national-level aggregations in urban, rural, and total designations of territorial extent and ...


4. Arc Atlas: Our Earth (CD-ROM) [ESRI_Arc_Atlas]
ArcAtlas: Our Earth brings to your computer a large collection of maps and information about the earth--its people, plants, animals, and their various environments and economies. Whether you're a ...


5. 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 ...


6. 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 ...


7. Hurricane Katrina - Biological Resources [USGS_BIO_KATRINA]
This website provides information regarding the emergency response and rescue efforts provided by USGS personnel from the National Wetlands Research Center and USGS Louisiana Water Science Center ...


8. 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 ...


9. Florida Geographic Data Library [FGDL]
The Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) is a mechanism for distributing spatial (GIS) data throughout the state of Florida. The FGDL is warehoused and maintained at the University of Florida's ...


10. Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status [CIESIN_SEDAC_PROARCA_CAMVEGLCCCS]
The Central American Vegetation/Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status consists of GIS coverages of vegetation classes (forests, woodlands, savannas, shrubs, grasslands, wetlands, rocks, ...


11. Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Last of the Wild Dataset (Geographic) [CIESIN_SEDAC_LWP_LW_GEOG]
The Last of the Wild Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1) is derived from the LWP-1 Human Footprint Dataset. The gridded data are classified according to their raster value ...


12. Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Last of the Wild Dataset (IGHP) [CIESIN_SEDAC_LWP_LW_IGHP]
The Last of the Wild Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1) is derived from the LWP-1 Human Footprint Dataset. The gridded data are classified according to their raster value ...


13. Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (Geographic) [CIESIN_SEDAC_LWP_TOPWA_GEOG]
The Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1) is derived from the LWP-1 Human Footprint Dataset. The gridded data are classified according to their ...


14. Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (IGHP) [CIESIN_SEDAC_LWP_TOPWA_IGHP]
The Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1) is derived from the LWP-1 Human Footprint Dataset. The gridded data are classified according to their ...


15. Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Last of the Wild Dataset (IGHP) [CIESIN_SEDAC_LWP2_LW_IGHP]
The Last of the Wild Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2) is derived from the LWP-2 Human Footprint Dataset. The gridded data are classified according to their raster value ...


16. National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates (PLACE) [CIESIN_SEDAC_NAGDC_PLACE]
The Population, Landscape And Climate Estimates (PLACE) dataset contains estimates of national-level aggregations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal proximity, ...


17. NASA Land Information System (LIS) Data Sets [NASA_LIS_DATA]
The Land Information System (LIS) provides collection of sample data for demonstration of LIS code. The original source of each data set is given whenever possible. LIS does not endorse the validity, ...


18. GLOBAL FIRE EMISSIONS DATABASE, VERSION 2.1 [vg_gfe21]
This data set consists of 1 degree x 1 degree gridded monthly burned area, fuel loads, combustion completeness, and fire emissions of carbon (C), carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), methane ...


19. SAFARI 2000 1-DEGREE ESTIMATES OF BURNED BIOMASS, AREA, AND EMISSIONS, 2000 [s2k_one_deg_biomass]
A new method is used to generate spatial estimates of monthly averaged biomass burned area and spatial and temporal estimates of trace gas and aerosol emissions from open fires in southern Africa.Global ...


20. SAFARI 2000 MODELED FUEL LOAD IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1999-2000 [s2k_fuel_load]
This data set contains global, spatially explicit (1 km2 grid cells) and temporally explicit (semi-monthly) modeled output of fuel loads over southern Africa. The fuel types considered in the data ...


21. SAFARI 2000 PRE- AND POST-FIRE REFLECTANCE NEAR KAOMA, ZAMBIA, DRY SEASON 2000 [s2k_pre_post_fire]
The main goal of this study was to analyze the possibility of estimating combustion completeness based on fire-induced spectral reflectance changes of surface features by the development of relationships ...


22. IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) Emissions Scenarios Data Set Version 1.1 [CIESIN_SEDAC_IPCC_SRES_EMSC_V11]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) Emissions Scenarios Dataset Version 1.1 consists of 40 global and regional greenhouse gases (GHGs) ...


23. 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 ...


24. Geospatial Data from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources [MD_DNR_GEOSPATIAL]
The GeoSpatial Data Center from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources will allow you to find natural resources related data for use in your Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ...


25. Chesapeake Bay Watershed [watershed_chesapeake_profile]   PARENT DIF
This data set includes statistics on the Chesapeake Bay watershead. This information is provided in watershed profiles. Watershed profiles are assembles maps, charts and ...


26. Climate Quality Index [EEA_CLIMATE_INDEX]
Structural analysis 1961-1990. Climate data in DISMED will be based on the aridity index, which requires a harmonized way of computing evapotransipration, that at present differs among ...


27. Agricultural Online Access (AGRICOLA) Database [USDA_AGRICOLA]
AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production ...


28. AmeriFlux CO2, Water Vapor, and Energy Exchange from Native Tallgrass Prairie Site Near Shidler, Oklahoma, 1996-1997 [AMERIFLUX_SHIDLER-CDIAC]
The tallgrass site near Shidler, Oklahoma is part of the AmeriFlux network of field research projects measuring the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) between terrestrial ecosystems and ...


29. AmeriFlux CO2, Water Vapor, and Energy Exchange from a Wheat Site Near Ponca, Oklahoma 1996-1997 [AMERIFLUX_PONCA_CDIAC]
The wheat site near Ponca, Oklahoma is part of the AmeriFlux network of field research projects measuring the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. ...


30. ESRI Data and Maps [ESRI_DM]
ESRI Data & Maps is preconfigured to work with ESRI's software products and is also bundled with ArcGIS software and solutions products such as ArcGIS Business ...


31. History Database of the Global Environment - HYDE [HYDE]   CHILD DIFs
The first version of this data base originally was set up for testing and validation of the so-called Integrated Model of the Greenhouse Effect (the IMAGE model; see Alcamo, ...


32. Northern Hemisphere Biome- and Process-Specific Changes in Forest Area and Gross Merchantable Volume: 1890-1990, CDIAC/DB1017 [CDIAC_DB1017]
The database DB1017 consists of annual values (1890 through 1990) of the areal extent (Ha) and gross merchantable (wood) volume (GMV in m3) of depletion and accrual processes in Northern ...


33. The Global Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) 3 CD-ROM Data Set from Rutgers University [GRASS_RUTGERS]
The Cook College Remote Sensing Center of Rutgers University and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USA/CERL) have signed a cooperative agreement ...


34. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Compilation of Geophysical, Geologic, and Tectonic Data for the Circum-North Pacific [USGS_OFR_99-422]
The accompanying directory structure contains a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) compilation of geophysical, geological, and tectonic data for the Circum-North Pacific. This area includes ...


35. U.S. Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network [LTER]
The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is a collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological processes over long temporal and broad ...


36. Coastal Change Analysis Project: Columbia River Estuary 1989-1992 [NOAA_CSC_CCAP_COLUMBIARIVER]
The Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) entered into a cooperative project with the Columbia River Estuary Study Task Force (CREST), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Point ...


37. Coastal Change Analysis Project: St. Croix Estuary 1985-1992 [NOAA_NODC_CCAP_STCROIX]
A land cover change analysis data set is available on CD-ROM for the St. Croix Estuary region of Maine (United States) and New Brunswick (Canada). The data set uses Landsat Thematic Mapper ...


38. The Platte River Program [USGS_PLATTE]
The goal of the Platte River Program is to provide objective scientific information that will contribute to science-based decisions for managing natural resources. The USGS will contribute information ...


39. A New High-Resolution National Map of Vegetation Ecoregions Produced Empirically Using Multivariate Spatial Clustering [ORNL_MGC]
A parallel supercomputer was used to divide the conterminous 48 states of the United States into 1000, 2000, 3000, 5000, and 7000 ecoregions with relatively homogeneous values of elevation, edaphic, ...


40. Jornada-Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER) [lter_JRN]
The Jornada Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project focuses on changes in the distribution of soil resources as an index of the impact of vegetation change--desertification--on semiarid lands. ...


41. Jornada Experimental Range Quadrants [MSU0021]
The "Jornada Experimental Range Quadrats" data contains reduced-scale maps of vegetation on one-meter by one-meter areas were made with a pantograph. A planimeter was used to measure the basal area ...


42. Atlas of Relations Between Climatic Parameters and Distributions of Important Trees and Shrubs in North America [USGS_P1650-a]
This atlas explores the continental-scale relations between the geographic ranges of woody plant species and climate in North America. A 25-km equal-area grid of modern climatic and bioclimatic parameters ...


43. IAI-Data-CRN_012_Baruch_Invaders: Response of a native Neotropical savanna grass and two African invaders to high CO2, drought, herbivory and fire [IAIDIS754]   PARENT DIF
The invaders project analyzed the response of a native Neotropical savanna grass (Trachypogon plumosus) and two African invaders (Hyparrhenia rufa and Melinis minutiflora) to high CO2, drought, herbivory ...


44. IAI-Data-CRN_012_Covalschi_hs: Regional and local controls of vegetation spatial-heterogeneity in the Patagonian steppe [IAIDIS742]   PARENT DIF
The objective of this study was to determine regional and local controls of vegetation spatial-heterogeneity in the Patagonian steppe. We considered two possible factors, rainfall and ovine herbivory. ...


45. Chile GlobeSar2 Radarsat Data [Canada_CCRS_Globesar2Chile]
Building on the success of previous radar data programs, GlobeSAR-2 is a four-year geomatics technology transfer program focused on the use of RADARSAT for improved natural resource management in ...


46. Northern Biosphere Observation and Modelling Experiment [CANEMRCCRSNBIOME]
The Northern Biosphere Observation and Modelling Experiment (NBIOME) is a scientific program designed to address key issues and uncertainties in the relationship between terrestrial ecosystems and ...


47. IAI-Data-CRN_012_Yahdjian_drought: Drought effects on ecosystem functioning in a semiarid grass-shrub steppe South of Argentina [IAIDIS744]   PARENT DIF
We studied drought effects on ecosystem functioning in a semiarid grass-shrub steppe South of Argentina. We designed a 2-year rainfall manipulation experiment where we decreased water input with rainout ...


48. IAI-Science-ISP3-077-010:Patterns of production and precipitation-use-efficiency of winter wheat and native grasslands in the central Great Plains of the USA [IAIDIS684]   PARENT DIF
"The Great Plains of the United States is characterized by a large west-east gradient in annual precipitation and a similar large north-south gradient in annual temperature. Native grasslands and ...


49. Evapotranspiration sites within the Ash Meadows and Oasis Valley discharge areas, Nevada [USGS_etsite]
The digital data set was created to display site locations at which micrometeorological data were collected in Ash Meadows and Oasis Valley, Nev. The digital data set provides locations and general ...


50. California Fire and Resource Assessment Program [FRAP_CFRAP]
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) assesses the amount and extent of California's forests and rangelands, analyzes their conditions ...


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