Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-23T01:22:24Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 443 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GLCF_CRESS_99 111.22,-45.73,155.72,-8.88 2013-05-21T04:00:00Z

This data set shows the EDC land cover classifications within the Uardy site. The EROS Data_Center (EDC), uses Land Cover data which are derived from the 1km AVHRR (Advanced ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GTOPO30 -180.0,-85.0,180.0,85.0 1996-12-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-14T04:00:00Z

Digital elevation model (DEM) data are sampled arrays of surface elevations in raster form. A DEM provides elevation values in rows and columns, corresponding to a regular grid of points on the Earth's ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Landsat_TM -180.0,-82.67,180.0,82.66 1982-07-16T00:00:00Z 2011-11-18T00:00:00Z 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z

The idea of a civilian Earth resources satellite was conceived in the Department of Interior in the mid-1960s. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_FCT_Tasmania_Island 142.02,-44.2,151.0,-39.28 1972-08-25T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z

The Forest Carbon Tracking Task (GEO FCT) has been established to support countries wanting to establish national forest-change, carbon estimation and reporting systems. It will facilitate access ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WORLD_MAPS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z

The USGS provides a series of planetary maps featuring more than 750 titles. These include selected maps of the Moon, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and the moons of Jupiter. Planetary maps are available ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]L7CPF2 -180.0,-81.0,180.0,81.0 1999-06-29T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-10T04:00:00Z

The Landsat-7 satellite was launched on April 15, 1999. The Calibration team has recently documented that the gains of the reflective bands have degraded over the past 14 years. On April 1, 2013, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LANDSAT_MSS -180.0,-82.79,180.0,82.7 1972-07-23T00:00:00Z 1992-10-19T00:00:00Z 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z

Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS) data from the Landsat satellite series are available from the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive located at the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Landsat_8 -180.0,-82.71,180.0,82.74 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-03-14T04:00:00Z

This data set is a raster file containing global information for bands 1 through 11 for Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Land Imager (TIRS).

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1187_Aliens 72.0,-54.5,160.0,-42.0 2000-10-01T00:00:00Z 2000-11-30T00:00:00Z 2013-02-21T05:00:00Z

The main objective for this study was to establish whether subantarctic expeditions pose a risk for the introduction of alien species. Our main focus was the examination of the logistic operations ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]GRAVITY_LD_WL_1967_1986_CSV 110.0,-67.0,160.0,-38.0 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-19T05:00:00Z

Gravity data collected from the Australian Antarctic Territory and subantarctic between 1967 and 1986. Data are mostly from the Casey region. The download file contains a large number of csv files, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SDP_CPOP_B2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-18T05:00:00Z

The Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) B2 Scenario, 1990-2100, were based on the UN 1998 Medium Long Range Projection for the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SDP_GGDP_B2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

The Global 15x15 Minute Grids of the Downscaled GDP Based on the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) B2 Scenario, 1990 and 2025, are geospatial distributions of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SDP_GPOP_B2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

The Global 15x15 Minute Grids of the Downscaled Population Based on the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) B2 Scenario, 1990 and 2025, are geospatial distributions of the downscaled population ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SPECIES_AMP_RICH -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

Global Amphibians Family Richness Grids of the Gridded Species Distribution, Version 1 are aggregations of the presence grids data at the family level. They are available in 30-arc second (1 kilometer) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_PMP_IMR -180.0,-90.0,180.0,85.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

The Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates consists of estimates of infant mortality rates for the year 2000. The infant mortality rate for a region or country is defined as the number of children ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_PMP_GSPCM -180.0,-90.0,180.0,85.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

The Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition dataset consists of estimates of the percentage of children with weight-for-age z-scores that are more than two standard deviations below the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_URBAN_LANDSAT -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

The Urban Landsat: Cities from Space dataset contains images for 66 urban areas and the raw, unerlying data for 28 of these places. Each image shows a Landsat false color composite in UTM projection. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMPv1_POPDENS -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 30 arc-second (1km) grid. The population density grids measure ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMPv1_STLMNT -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 30 arc-second (1km) grid cells and associated datasets dated ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMPv1_EXT -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project, Version 1 (GRUMPv1) consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 30 arc-second (1km) grid. The urban extent grids distinguish ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_GPWv3_SUBADBND -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) Subnational Administrative Boundaries are the basis of the population data products in GPWv3. Due to copyright restrictions, only maps of the subnational ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_HANPP -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Global Patterns in Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP) portion of the HANPP Collection represents a digital map of human appropriation of net primary productivity measured ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_HANPP_NPP -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Global Patterns in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) portion of the HANPP Collection maps the net amount of solar energy converted to plant organic matter through photosynthesis. NPP is measured ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_HANPP_PERCENT -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP) as a Percentage of Net Primary Product (NPP) portion of the HANPP Collection represents a map identifying regions in which human consumption ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ICWQ_CCHLOA -180.0,-90.0,179.99857,89.99928 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Change in Chlorophyll-a Concentrations 1998-2007 component of the Indicators of Coastal Water Quality Collection represents a tabular time series of the chlorophyll-a concentrations for each grid ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMP_LECZ -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Low Elevation Coastal Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Estimates consists of country-level estimates of urban, rural and total population and land area country-wide and in the LECZ, if applicable. Additionally, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_IPCC_SAGDVCC -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2050-01-01T00:00:00Z 2050-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

Synthetic Assessment of Global Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change: Maps and Data, 2005, 2050, and 2100 consist of maps and vulnerability index to climate change of 100 countries based ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 146 countries. The index provides a composite profile of national ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2008 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: (1) reducing environmental stresses on human health, and (2) promoting ecosystem vitality and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_2004EVI -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 111 variables for 235 countries and territories. This index ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_WELLBEING -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The Wellbeing of Nations portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains a subset of 123 variables assembled from the Wellbeing of Nations, which assesses ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_MVA_ECCGFPSRES -180.0,-58.0,180.0,90.0 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios is an update to a major crop modeling study by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_GPWv3_POPDENS -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z 1990-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 2.5 arc-minute grid cells and associated datasets dated circa 2000. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2006 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_ANC -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Ancillary Data portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 38 variables (time series data on population and gross domestic product as well as region ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_RIOJO -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard of Sustainable Development Indicators portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 35 Commission on Sustainable Development ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EURIMAGE_RESURS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

Eurimage is bridging the gap between AVHRR's 1 km resolution and Landsat TM's 30 metres with data obtained from the RESURS-O1-3 satellite from Russia. Launched in November 1994, this third satellite ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO_adultprawn 141.5,-13.0,142.0,-12.5 1986-03-01T00:00:00Z 1992-04-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-20T05:00:00Z

Adult prawn species, size, sex, reproductive stage, moult stage, and parasites were measured at 20 stations in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria. Sampling was carried out monthly between ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO_phytoplankton 141.5,-13.0,142.0,-12.5 1986-03-01T00:00:00Z 1992-04-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-20T05:00:00Z

Monthly cruises were carried out between March 1986 and April 1992, at four stations in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria. Phytoplankton taxonomic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SDP_CGDP_A1A2B1B2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-13T05:00:00Z

The Country-Level GDP and Downscaled Projections Based on the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A1, A2, B1, and B2 marker scenarios, 1990-2100, were developed using the 1990 base year GDP ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SDP_CPOP_A1B1A2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-13T05:00:00Z

The Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A1, B1, and A2 Scenarios, 1990-2100, were adopted in 2000 from population projections ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO_albatross_chlorophyll 141.5,-13.0,142.0,-12.5 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

Data was collected over six years from 4 stations in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria. Concentrations of chlorophyll and other pigments ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO_Albatross_fish 141.5,-13.0,142.0,-12.5 1986-08-11T00:00:00Z 1988-11-15T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

7, four- to five-day cruises were undertaken using the vessel "Jacqueline D" in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria between August 1986 and November 1988, using a random stratified trawl ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO_Alabtross_nearshore 141.5,-13.0,142.0,-12.5 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

Surveys of inshore fish catches, fish diets, and habitat and abiotic factors were carried out off the coast of Albatross Bay, south of the Embley River mouth, in 1991 and 1992. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO_albatross_nutrient 141.5,-13.0,142.0,-12.5 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

One year of sampling was undertaken in 1992 at four sites in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, measuring nitrate and nitrite, phosphate and silicate levels in the water column. This ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO_Albatross_primaryprod 141.5,-13.0,142.0,-12.5 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

Yearly sampling from 1986 to 1992 at 4 stations was carried out in Albatross Bay, Gulf of Carpentaria, plus one year with 4 sampling times at 20 stations. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CSIRO_AusFishSpecies 100.0,-50.0,155.0,-5.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

This dataset is a series of GIS maps of fish species distributions around Australia. For known Australian fish species, including some sharks, their spatial - including vertical - distributions ...