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2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001

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Summary
Abstract: 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 towards environmental sustainability. The index is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability based on lessons learned from the year 2000 pilot effort.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -55.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University
Dataset Title: 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date: 2001
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version: 2001.00
Data Presentation Form: document, tabular
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-environmental-sustain...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1980-01-01
Stop Date: 2000-12-31
Location Keywords
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
DMSP 5D-2/F8 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8 Ancillary Description
EP-TOMS > Earth Probe-TOMS Ancillary Description
METEOSAT Ancillary Description
NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites Ancillary Description
Instrument
HIRS > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder Ancillary Description
RADIOSONDES Ancillary Description
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Ancillary Keywords
Data Center
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.ecmwf.int/
Dataset ID: ERA-40

Data Center Personnel
Name: CALLDESK
Fax: +44 118 986 9450
Email: calldesk at ecmwf.int
Contact Address:
Data Services
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Shinfield Park
City: Reading
Postal Code: RG2 9AX
Country: UK
Publications/References
ERA-40 Project Report Series No. 19
Kållberg, P., P. Berrisford, B. Hoskins, A. Simmmons, S. Uppala, S. Lamy-Thépaut and R. Hine:
ERA-40 Atlas. [Note: Large PDF file: 68.3 MB; Revised version posted 19.01.2006]
June 2005

Uppala, S.M., Kållberg, P.W., Simmons, A.J., Andrae, U., da Costa Bechtold, V., ... View entire text
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2008-07-08
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-05-28

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