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Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2006

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Summary

Abstract: The Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: (1) reducing environmental stresses on human health, and (2) promoting ecosystem vitality and sound natural resource management. Derived from a careful review of the environmental literature, these twin goals mirror the priorities expressed by policymakers. Environmental health and ...

Purpose: To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative to clearly defined targets.

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Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Link: GET RELATED VISUALIZATION

Description: Maps in PDF and PNG formats.

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: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, World Economic Forum (WEF), and Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission

Dataset Title: Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

Dataset Release Date: 2006

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University

Version: 2006.00

Data Presentation Form: document, tabular, map

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-pilot-environmental-p...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1994-01-01

Stop Date: 2005-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD INVESTIGATION

FIELD SURVEYS

LABORATORY

Instrument

ELECTRON MICROPROBES

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES

Project

WAISDIVIDE > West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Project

Ancillary Keywords

WAIS

microparticle

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

The New Mexico Bureau of Geology &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Mineral Resources

Data Center

NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

NELIA DUNBAR

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (505) 835-5783

Email: nelia at nmt.edu

Contact Address:

New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources

Earth and Environmental Science Department

New Mexico Tech

801 Leroy Place

City: Socorro

Province or State: NM

Postal Code: 87801-4796

Country: USA

Publications/References

Dunbar, NW; Mcintosh, WC; Kurbatov, AV. "Integrated tephrochronology of the West Antarctic region - Implications for a potential tephra record in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) divide ice core," in 8th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference., v.72, 2008, p. A232-A232.

Dunbar, N.W., Kurbatov, A.V., and McIntosh, W.C., 2011, A Rich Tephra Record in the WAIS Divide (WDC06A) Ice Core: WAIS Divide ... Science Meeting, Sept. 28-29, 2011, La Jolla, CA, p. 21.

Dunbar, N.W., Kurbatov, A.V., and McIntosh, W.C., 2011, A Maturing Tephra Record in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Abstract presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif, 5-9 Dec., v. V11D-2538 p. V11D-2538.

Dunbar, N.W., Kurbatov, A.V., McIntosh, W., and Koffman, B.G., 2011, Antarctic tephrochronology: From visible layers to cryptotephra: 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, 10-16 July, Edinburgh, Scotland, p. PS5.12.

Dunbar, N.W., Kurbatov, A.V., Koffman, B.G., and Kreutz, K.J., 2010, Tephra Record of Local and Distal Volcanism in the WAIS Divide Ice Core, 2010 WAIS Divide Science Meeting: La Jolla, CA.

Dunbar, N.W., and McIntosh, W.C., 2009, Tephra as an absolute dating and correlation tool for Antarctic ice cores: Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 73, p. A312-A312.

Dunbar, N.W., McIntosh, W.C., and Kurbatov, A.V., 2008, Integrated tephrochronology of the West Antarctic region - Implications for a potential tephra record in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) divide ice core: Geochemica cosmochimica acta, v. 72 (supplement- abstract volume), p. A232-A232.

Dunbar, N.W., McIntosh, W.C., Kurbatov, A.V., and Wilch, T.I., 2007, Integrated tephrochronology of the West Antarctic region; implications for a potential tephra record in the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core (peer reviewed extended abstract), in Cooper, A., Raymond, Carol, and the 10th ISAES Editorial Team, ed., Antarctica; A Keystone in a Changing World--Online Proceedings for the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Volume U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1047: United States, U. S. Geological Survey : Reston, VA, United States.

Dunbar, N.W., McIntosh, W.C., Kurbatov, A.V., and Wilch, T.I., 2007, Integrated Tephrochronology of the West Antarctic Region- Implications for a potential tephra record in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Ice Core: 2007 WAIS Divide Science Meeting.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-06-19

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-08-01

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