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Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Identifier Grid

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GPWv3_NATIDEN

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Summary

Abstract: Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) National Identifier Grid is derived from the land area grid to create a raster surface where pixels (cells) that cover the same country or territory have the same value. Note that the countries and territories are not official representations of countries boundaries; rather, they represent the area covered by the statistical data as provided. GPWv3 is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

The data in ARC/INFO Grid, American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) and Band Interleaved by Line (BIL) formats are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

Purpose: To provide a raster representation of nation-states in GPWv3 for use in aggregating population data.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 79.89

S: -54.75

E: 179.85

W: -179.2

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)

Dataset Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Identifier Grid

Dataset Release Date: 200512

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-national-identifier-grid

Version: 3.00

Data Presentation Form: raster

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-national-identifie...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-07-01

Stop Date: 1990-07-01

Start Date: 1995-07-01

Stop Date: 1995-07-01

Start Date: 2000-07-01

Stop Date: 2000-07-01

Start Date: 2005-07-01

Stop Date: 2005-07-01

Start Date: 2010-07-01

Stop Date: 2010-07-01

Start Date: 2015-07-01

Stop Date: 2015-07-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES

BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOMASS DYNAMICS > BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND PROTECTED AREAS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Access Constraints Limited

Ancillary Keywords

VEGETATION

VEGETATION TYPES

AMERICAS

AMAZON BASIN

Originating Center

Data Center

Global Resource Information Database - Geneva, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme

Data Center URL: http://www.grid.unep.ch/
Dataset ID: GNV150

Data Center Personnel
Name: HY DAO Phone: 41-22-917-82-25 Fax: 41-22-917-80-29 Email: Hy.Dao at unep.org Contact Address: Head of Metadata & Socio-Economics Unit City: Geneva Postal Code: 1219 Country: SWITZERLAND