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GFDL R30 Coupled Climate Models: Decadel to Centennial Time Scale Studies
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Abstract: The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the long term goal of finding a single indicator for environmental sustainability analagous to that of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The index covering 56 countries is a composite measure of the current ... View entire text

Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.
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  N: 86.0   S: 56.0   E: -9.0   W: -75.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: NSIDC
Dataset Title: Greenland Cumulative Melt Days Annual Average 1979-2007
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/greenland-today/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1979-01-01
Stop Date: 2007-12-31
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DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13 Ancillary Description
DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11 Ancillary Description
DMSP 5D-2/F8 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8 Ancillary Description
NIMBUS-7 Ancillary Description
Instrument
SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Ancillary Description
SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer Ancillary Description
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Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center Supplemental Info
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
Publications/References
Tedesco, M., X. Fettweis, T. Mote, J. Wahr, P. Alexander, J. Box, and B. Wouters (2012), Evidence and analysis of 2012 Greenland records from spaceborne observations, a regional climate model and reanalysis data., 6, 4939–4976, The Cryosphere Discuss, doi:10.5194/tcd-6-4939-2012.

Hanna, E., S. H. Mernild, J. Cappelen, and K. Steffen (2012), Recent warming in Greenland in a long-term instrumental (1881–2012) climatic context: I. Evaluation of surface air temperature records., 7, no. 4, Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045404
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2013-02-11
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-02-19

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