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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, ...

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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Spatial coordinates

N: -75.1

S: -75.1

E: 123.35

W: 123.35

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Jean Jouzel

Dataset Title: 740,000-year Deuterium Record in an Ice Core from Dome C, Antarctic

Dataset Release Date: 2004/12

Dataset Publisher: CDIAC

Online Resource: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/temp/domec/domec.html

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS

CLIMATE INDICATORS > PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS > ICE CORE RECORDS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

CORING DEVICES

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy

Data Center URL: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JEAN JOUZEL Contact Address: Institut Pierre Simon Laplace Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement CEA-CNRS 1572 CE Saclay Orme des Merisiers City: Gif-sur-Yvette Postal Code: 91191 Country: France

Publications/References

EPICA community members. 2004. Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice core. Nature, Vol. 429, No 6992, pp.623-628, June 10, 2004. doi:10.1038/nature02599.

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-12-21

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-19

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