Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-25T04:36:32Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 7153 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_FS_MDV_VLC_2012 -163.0,-77.5,-163.0,-77.5 2012-10-19T00:00:00Z 2013-01-11T00:00:00Z 2013-05-24T04:00:00Z

Analysis of microbial diversity based on 454-pyrosequencing in freshwater samples from McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, collected in 2012-2013

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From 1974 to 1980, the Federal Government systematically evaluated the uranium resources of the conterminous United States and Alaska. Earth science research in the National Uranium Resource Evaluation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS866.0 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

A global high resolution data base of animal population densities and associated methane (CH4) emissions has been developed at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA/GISS). The animal ...

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High-resolution global databases on the geographic and seasonal distribution of rice cultivation and associated methane emission, compiled by Matthews et al. (1991), have been archived for public ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS765.5 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

Global (1 degree grid) distribution, characteristics and methane emission of natural wetlands by Elaine Matthews (NASA).

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An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Nelly Island, Windmill Islands, December, 1990. The colony boundaries were digitised from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS769.0 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

A computerized database used to generate a global vegetation map of 44 different land ecosystem complexes comprising seven broad groups is provided. The database provides a basis for making improved ...

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The SPECMAP paleoclimate archives at NOAA/NCDC World Data Center for Paleoclimatology consist of four (4) archives: ARCHIVE 1 contains 101 SPECMAP files, including planktonic counts and isotope values, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS764.0 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

Global distribution of freshwater wetlands, both 1x1 degree resolution interpolated at NCAR, and the original Anselman & Crutzen 2.5x5 degree resolution.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS950.0 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

Tree ring data from the University of Arizona.

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An ArcGIS shapefile layer showing the extent of all extant and relic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colonies at Whitney Point, Windmill Islands, February 2006. The field 'Status' describes each ...

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The goal of the Alaska Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) project is to compile a time series data set of calibrated, georegistered daily observations and twice-monthly maximum normalized ...

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The goal of the Conterminous U.S. AVHRR project is to compile a comprehensive time series data set of calibrated, georegistered daily observations and biweekly maximum normalized difference ...

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The National Mapping Program, a component of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), produces and distributes land use and land cover maps and digitized data for the conterminous U.S. and Hawaii. Land ...

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The Urban Dynamics project looks at land use change in urban environments in order to provide a historical perspective of land use change and an assessment of the spatial patterns, rates, correlation, ...

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Since 1989, the USGS EROS Data Center has been mapping the vegetation condition of the conterminous United States (lower 48 states) using satellite information. The vegetation condition maps, or more ...

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Following the serious grasshopper outbreaks of 1986, a pilot program was defined between the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Agency for International Development. The primary goal of this program ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_X-rayDUIB_LeIBP_2012 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z

Psychrophilic Arctic yeast Leucosporidium sp. produces a glycosylated ice-binding protein (LeIBP) with a molecular mass of approximately 25 kDa, which can lower the freezing point below the melting ...

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Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) is a joint project of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the German Space Agency, Deutsche Agentur ...

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Earthshots is an ebook of before-and-after Landsat images (1972-present), showing recent environmental events and introducing remote sensing. Earthshots comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS ...

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Voyage track information for the VWHALE voyage of the Australian Antarctic program, February-March, 2013. The data are available as either NMEA files or shapefiles. Voyage objective - Whale acoustics ...

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GPS tag deployments on Snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) in 2011 from Bechervaise Island, Mawson Coast and Filla Island, Rauer Group, as part of AAS project 2722. Identifying potential threats from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EOSWEBSTER_Global_Ref -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z

The Global Model Reference Collection contains 3 datasets that have been used extensively in various biogeochemical process models, in addition to some basic data layers used in analyzing and aggregating ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MEAR_29 -178.0,-85.0,176.0,81.0 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z

Cultivated system boundary for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) based on version 2 of the Global Land Cover Characteristics Dataset (GLCCD v2.0, USGS/EDC 2000). This dataset delineates the ...

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Zooplankton Calanus glacialis were collected in the Arctic marine around Dasan station in 2006. We sequenced about 28,000 EST clones using GS 20 (Genome Sequencer 20).

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Genomics is high-profile science, impacting on all areas of biology, especially functional genomics focuses on the dynamic aspects such as gene transcription, translation, and protein?protein interactions ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MERMEX 2013-05-03T04:00:00Z

MerMex focus on the understanding of the effects of key natural and anthropogenic forcings on ecosystems (from coastal zones to open-ocean, from pelagos to benthos) and organisms (from viruses to ...

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The research area involves the glacier-retreat regions in Vestre Lovenbreen, Midtre Lovenbreen and Austre Lovenbreen, which are located in Kongsfijorden in Svalvard, Norway. We collected our soil ...

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Chlorophyll-a concentration is investigated in the Amundsen Sea of Southern Ocean from December 2010 to January 2011. This data includes investigator and locality for chlorophyll-a concentration.

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Chlorophyll-a concentration is investigated in the Amundsen Sea of Southern Ocean from January to March 2012. This data includes investigator and locality for chlorophyll-a concentration.

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Acoustic survey was conducted to observe the distribution and density of zooplankton in Amundsen Sea from 2012 February 8 to March 7. Acoustic data were collected from surface to 400 m using split-beam ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_EKD_CH_ARCTIC_2010 -168.0,72.0,-147.0,78.5 2010-07-20T00:00:00Z 2010-08-10T00:00:00Z 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

Acoustic survey was conducted to observe the distribution and density of zooplankton in the Chukchi sea of Arctic from 2010 July 20 to August 10. Acoustic data were collected from surface to 400 m ...

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Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1252 See the link below for public details on this project. Currently three datasets are attached to this metadata record. Dive data collected in 1988, ...

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Marin protozoa are collected in the Chuckchi Sea of central Arctic Sea from 1 August to 10 September 2012. This data includes collector, locality and abundance for marine protozoa.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_MAT_ARCTIC_2010 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

Unique physiological and metabolic properties of Arctic mosses are responsible for their acclimation to the inclement polar environment. To perform transcriptome analysis of an Arctic moss species ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_PD_ANTARCTIC_2008 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

Deschampsia antarctica is the only monocot that thrives in the tough conditions of the Antarctic region. It is an invaluable resource for the identification of genes associated with tolerance to various ...

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Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...

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As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...

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As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1252_IMOS_11068_201213 50.0,-68.0,90.0,-50.0 2012-12-23T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

As seabirds emperor penguins spent a large proportion of their lives at sea. For food they depend entirely on marine resources. Young penguins rarely return to their natal colonies after their first ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_SSGRR_SVALVARD_2011 11.966705,78.909424,11.966705,78.90942412.078539,78.8938,12.078539,78.893811.868267,78.92136,11.868267,78.92136 2011-07-28T00:00:00Z 2011-08-08T00:00:00Z 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

The research area involves the glacier-retreat region in Vestre Lovenbreen and Midtre Lovenbreen which are located in Kongsfijorden in Svalvard, Norway. We collected our soil samples along a transect ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_SSLMP_GREENLAND_2011 -20.5,74.5,-20.5,74.5 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z 2011-08-18T00:00:00Z 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

There are two long-term monitoring plots which have different dominated plant species (Cassiope tetragona and Salix arctica) in Zackenberg. Each plot has five climate manipulation treatment with five ...

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Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...

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Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]SRE4_SedimentTOCNitrogenPhosphorus 110.5166,-66.2833,110.5167,-66.2832 2001-10-30T00:00:00Z 2006-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-04-29T04:00:00Z

Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...

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Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...

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Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_SS_ALA_2010 -164.7,64.833336,-164.7,64.833336 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z 2010-07-15T00:00:00Z 2013-04-25T04:00:00Z

Soil samples in Alaska in 2010

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_SS_ALA_2011 -164.7,64.833336,-164.7,64.833336 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z 2011-08-20T00:00:00Z 2013-04-25T04:00:00Z

Soil samples in Alaska in 2011

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Soil samples near Cambridge Bay of Canada in 2012