Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-23T10:56:14Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 28 0 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]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_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_HANPP_CPROD -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-09-28T04:00:00Z

The Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP) by Country and Product portion of the HANPP Collection contains tabular data on carbon-equivalents of consumption by country and by type ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CEDAR_FABRY-PEROT -26.0,-76.0,-27.0,-76.0-71.0,-17.0,-72.0,-16.0-66.0,18.0,-67.0,19.0-86.0,42.0,-87.0,43.0-71.0,42.0,-72.0,43.0-128.0,60.0,-129.0,60.0-148.0,64.0,-148.0,65.0-51.0,67.0,-51.0,67.0-68.0,76.0,-69.0,77.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-09-22T04:00:00Z

The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Data Base at NCAR/HAO holds data collected from the Fabry-Perot Interferometers (FPI). These data include brightness (often uncalibrated), ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MRJBoundary_CD -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2010-07-21T04:00:00Z

The Global Maritime Boundaries Database (GMBD) CD-ROM brings together the claims, limits and boundaries of the world with detailed attribution and documentation so they can ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]DSDP_ODP_DATABASES_TAMU 84.0,-63.0,76.0,79.0 1968-08-01T00:00:00Z 1983-12-31T00:00:00Z 1985-01-11T00:00:00Z 1998-04-09T00:00:00Z 2010-07-07T04:00:00Z

These databases contain geological and geophysical investigations of the cores recovered from almost every ocean of the world. The data were collected on oceanographic cruises of the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]saiab -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1888-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-06-04T00:00:00Z 2009-09-09T04:00:00Z

The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) is a National Research Facility of the National Research Foundation (NRF). It was formerly known as the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BADC_GLOBAL_RADIOSONDE -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1996-12-17T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-27T04:00:00Z

This dataset consists of radiosonde data from stations worldwide. Stations are categorised into 7 regions: Africa, Asia, South America, North and Central America, South-West Pacific, Europe, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00283 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-11-30T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Fleet Numerical Weather Center (FNWC) in Monterey, California since 1982 is producing a global data set from the Automatic Digital Information Network (AUTODIN). These data are hourly observations ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LTER -125.0,25.0,-67.0,50.0-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-70.0-67.0,17.0,-65.0,19.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-01-21T05:00:00Z

The Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is a collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological processes over long temporal and broad ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CNNADC_2003-2004_Changcheng_Station__Location_SensorName_SCAR 2004-01-20T00:00:00Z 2005-02-10T00:00:00Z 2009-01-12T05:00:00Z

Antarctic plate movement monitoring geodynamics research into the problems of the international Antarctic concern to scholars over the years large-scale, long-period research project belonging to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2007-068 -65.0,17.0,-65.0,17.0 2007-08-20T04:00:00Z

The processes that control the formation, intensity and track of hurricanes are poorly understood. It has been proposed that an increase in sea surface temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2004-008 -76.0,24.25,-76.0,24.25 2007-07-09T04:00:00Z

Surface sediments from Little Bahama Bank (LBB), intersecting the subtropical thermocline, were used to assess the influence of temperature on the incorporation of Mg, Sr, F, and Cd into shells ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2007-056 -67.5,18.0,-67.5,18.0-69.0,18.2,-69.0,18.2-67.0,17.9,-67.0,17.9-85.0,10.0,-20.0,20.0 1730-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 1730-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2007-07-06T04:00:00Z

Hurricane activity in the North Atlantic Ocean has increased significantly since 1995. This trend has been attributed to both anthropogenically induced climate change and natural variability, but ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2006-038 -78.73,12.75,-78.73,12.75 2007-06-28T04:00:00Z

Mg/Ca ratios in the planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber from Colombian Basin core ODP 999A suggest that Caribbean sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were from 2.1 to 2.7?C colder than the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2002-044 -36.6,53.89,-36.6,53.89 2007-03-08T05:00:00Z

This data set consists of Nyberg et al. 2002 Northeastern Caribbean Holocene SST Reconstruction. Piston Core PRP 12 and Box Core PRB 12, taken at 17 deg 53.27 min N, 66 deg 36.02 min W, 349m Depth. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1996-034 -57.61,33.69,-57.61,33.69-74.44,28.24,-74.44,28.24 2006-12-15T05:00:00Z

This data set consists of percent calcium carbonate from Bermuda Rise and Bahama Outer Ridge piston cores (GPC-5 and GPC-9). Bermuda Rise Latitude: 33 deg 41.2 min N Longitude: 57 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2001-071 -65.17,10.7,-65.17,10.7 2006-12-12T05:00:00Z

This data set consists of Cariaco Basin Trace Metal Data. ODP Site 1002 10 42' N, 65 10' W, Depth 893m. Metal concentration data (Ti, Fe) from the anoxic Cariaco Basin off the Venezuelan coast record ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2006-048 -64.97,10.68,-64.97,10.68 2006-11-20T05:00:00Z

This data set consists of the percentages of individual chlorin steryl esters (CSEs) relative to the total CSE concentration. The percentages were determined by integration of HPLC chromatograms ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2005-029 -78.74,12.75,-78.74,12.75 2006-11-10T05:00:00Z

We report on epibenthic foraminiferal d18O and d13C and percentage coarse fraction records from Caribbean Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Site 999 (12?44 N, 78?44 W, Water depth 2828 m.) spanning the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CEDAR_MIDDLE_ATM_RADARS -67.0,18.0,-66.0,19.0-148.0,65.0,-147.0,66.0166.0,-77.0,167.0,-76.062.0,-68.0,63.0,-67.0172.0,-44.0,173.0,-43.0138.0,-35.0,139.0,-34.0-108.0,52.0,-107.0,53.019.0,69.0,20.0,70.015.0,52.0,15.0,52.0-158.0,1.0,-157.0,2.0-84.0,34.0,-84.0,34.0-71.0,43.0,-70.0,44.0-105.0,40.0,-104.0,41.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2006-10-13T04:00:00Z

The Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Data Base at NCAR/HAO holds data collected from middle atmosphere radars including MST radars, MF radars (partial reflection), ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDIAC_CO2_CMDL2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,83.0 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2006-05-10T04:00:00Z

This dataset consists of monthly carbon dioxide (CO2) mixing ratios from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL - formally the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_SIGNIFICANT_EVENT_ARCHIVE -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2006-05-10T04:00:00Z

The NOAA Operational Significant Event Imagery server offers satellite photos of significant environmental events worldwide. For each event users may view GIF and JPG images detailing this event. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEOCLIMATE_HUGHEN -66.0,10.0,-64.0,11.0 2006-05-09T04:00:00Z

This data set contains raw carbon 14 (14C) dates with varve (calendar) age from the Cariaco Basin off the coast of Venezuela. The data also consists of a decadally sampled spline data set fitted to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCLIM_BARB1 -60.0,12.0,-58.0,14.0 2005-04-19T04:00:00Z

Part of the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program dataset is the Barbados Sea Level and Th/U 14C Calibration. Barbados data are from Fairbanks (1989) and Bard et al. (1990) - the reference works below - ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2004-011 -78.42,11.57,-78.42,11.57-78.73,12.75,-78.73,12.75 2004-11-18T05:00:00Z

Variations in the strength of North Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation have been linked to rapid climate changes during the last glacial cycle through oscillations in North Atlantic Deep Water ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G2004 -60.0,13.0,-60.0,13.0 2004-09-10T04:00:00Z

Coral-based delta18O time-series derived from measurements made on submerged or drowned coral reef sequence. The core samples used have been described elsewhere (cf. Fairbanks, 1989; Guilderson ...