Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-22T06:55:45Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 264 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]glcts -180.0,-81.0,180.0,81.0 1972-07-23T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-21T04:00:00Z

The Global Land Cover Test Sites (GLCTS) project is a component of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Landsat Pathfinder Program. Pathfinder projects focus on the application of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NALC -175.0,5.0,-60.0,72.0 1972-07-23T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-14T04:00:00Z

The North American Landscape Characterization (NALC) project is a component of the Landsat Pathfinder Program, which is part of a larger Pathfinder Program initiated by the National Aeronautics ...

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]MRLC -129.0,22.0,-65.0,49.0 1984-07-14T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z

The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) project was established to provide multi-resolution land cover data of the conterminous United States from local to regional scales. A major component ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_FCT_Borneo_Island 107.27,-5.32,121.3,8.2 1972-09-05T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Brazil -75.25,-35.5,-33.9,6.7 1972-07-28T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Cambodia 100.57,9.09,109.65,15.53 1972-12-15T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Cameroon 6.31,0.46,17.86,14.17 1972-10-31T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Colombia -80.9,-5.52,-65.31,13.99 1979-01-09T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo 10.24,-14.01,32.92,6.82 1972-07-27T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Guyana -62.99,0.45,-55.12,9.65 1986-09-13T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Mexico -118.94,13.46,-84.95,34.19 1972-08-15T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Nepal 78.11,24.98,89.95,31.3 1975-02-25T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Peru -82.46,-19.79,-66.84,0.98 1972-10-31T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Sumatra 94.3,-6.77,107.33,6.82 1974-03-16T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_FCT_Tanzania 27.33,-12.57,42.56,1.03 1972-09-10T00:00:00Z 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]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]USGS_FCT_Thailand 95.55,4.79,107.01,21.26 1972-11-11T00:00:00Z 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]USGS_JECAM_Canada_Red_River -101.24,47.87,-94.24,51.25 2011-05-17T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z

Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring The overarching goal of JECAM is to reach a convergence of approaches, develop monitoring and reporting protocols and best practices for a variety ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_JECAM_Canada_South_Nation -78.12,43.62,-72.9,46.99 2011-05-25T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-13T04:00:00Z

Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring The overarching goal of JECAM is to reach a convergence of approaches, develop monitoring and reporting protocols and best practices for a variety ...

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]USGS_EARTHSHOTS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-10T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_EROS_HDDS_RITA -100.0,22.0,-68.0,41.0 2005-09-15T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z

USGS EROS supported first responders and emergency services working in response to Hurricane Rita. EROS channeled vital imagery to state and local governments, FEMA, and other federal agencies. These ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_EROS_HDDS_WILMA -98.0,10.0,-70.0,35.0 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z

USGS EROS supported first responders and emergency services working in response to Hurricane Wilma. EROS channeled vital imagery to state and local governments, FEMA, and other federal agencies. ...

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]MSS -180.0,-82.0,180.0,82.0 1972-07-25T00:00:00Z 1987-07-13T00:00:00Z 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z

The Tri-Decadal Global Landsat Orthorectified data collection consists of a global set of high-quality, relatively cloud-free orthorectified MSS, TM and ETM+ imagery from Landsats 1-5 and 7. This ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ZZZ415 -107.0,26.0,-93.0,37.0 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-04-30T04:00:00Z

These datasets are an ongoing collection of digital Landsat MSS and TM data of the State of Texas. MSS data are collected in four spectral channels with a resolution near 80 m. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AAD_Ant_LG-AIS_vel_strain 60.0,-76.0,75.0,-69.0 1998-02-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-02-19T05:00:00Z

Measurements of ice velocity and strain rate have been derived by analysis of satellite images for the Lambert Glacier and Amery Ice Shelf system. Two techniques have been applied in the production ...

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?[AADC]ASAC_1015_macca_veg_change 158.8,-54.75,158.95,-54.5 2000-12-12T00:00:00Z 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z

Taken from the report in the download file: Plot data and satellite imagery were used to examine changes in vegetation between 2000 and 2007. These data were examined in light of changes in rabbit ...

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

Snow, glaciers and permafrost in cold mountain areas such as the Swiss Alps are especially sensitive to changes in environmental conditions due to their proximity to melting conditions. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]survey_1979_Casey 110.4,-66.4,110.6,-66.2 1979-01-10T00:00:00Z 1980-02-14T00:00:00Z 2013-01-07T05:00:00Z

Survey report for Casey Station, 1979, by the wintering senior technical officer, JC Sutton. Taken from the survey report: Purpose: - Provision of site details for proposed building program - Extension ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ocean_atlas 100.0,-80.0,-60.0,70.0 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

Released by the Remote Sensing Team (part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), these detailed maps released in February 2003 focus on the Northwest Hawaiian Islands. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]iufro_forestfire -140.0,40.0,60.0,70.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

Growing concern over global change has recently focused attention on the important role of the boreal forest zone in the global carbon budget. Forest fires are the major disturbance regime in boreal ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_GLCC -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1992-04-01T00:00:00Z 1993-03-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

The Global Land Cover Characterization Project was established to meet science data requirements identified by the International Geosphere and Biosphere Programme (IGBP), and the U. S. Global ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Ca_fblic_GFW -135.18,41.4,-63.07,67.05 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-23T04:00:00Z

This raster layer consists of the "large remaining forest areas" grid published in Canada's Forests at a Crossroads: An Assessment in the Year 2000. This dataset is derived from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FGDL -88.01,24.16,-79.65,31.38 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

The Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) is a mechanism for distributing spatial (GIS) data throughout the state of Florida. The FGDL is warehoused and maintained at the University of Florida's ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Inforain_USGS_GBE -170.0,52.0,-140.0,71.0 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Interrain Pacific are please to help make available to the public this integrated Geographic Information System for the Glacier Bay / northern Southeast ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NASA_LIS_DATA -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2012-09-04T04:00:00Z

The Land Information System (LIS) provides collection of sample data for demonstration of LIS code. The original source of each data set is given whenever possible. LIS does not endorse the validity, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_CABARE -65.0,-13.0,-60.0,-8.0 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-14T04:00:00Z

Surface parameter digital maps of vegetation, soil, and topography were obtained for Rondonia, Brazil, covering the 5x5 degree region bounded by 13-8 degrees S and 65-60 degrees W. Numerical maps ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_FLOODAMA -78.1928,-18.2022,-46.284,1.2911 1986-08-04T00:00:00Z 1995-09-19T00:00:00Z 2012-08-10T04:00:00Z

This data set provides a digital mosaic of the Amazon River floodplain that was compiled using Landsat TM images. This mosaic was planned in July 1995 as an activity of the EOS-IDS Project that was ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LC01_LULC_CLASSES_ECUADOR -77.1272,-0.8049,-76.5017,-0.0033 1986-08-23T00:00:00Z 1999-11-15T00:00:00Z 2012-06-19T04:00:00Z

This data set contains Landsat TM imagery for the years 1986, 1989, 1996, and 1999, that have been classified into four land use/land cover (LULC) classes: Forest, Non-Forest Vegetation, Urban/Barren, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]mawson_north_sat 66.0,-73.0,69.0,-72.0 1995-12-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-06-15T04:00:00Z

Satellite image map of the northern end of the Mawson Escarpment, Antarctica. This map was produced for the Australian Antarctic Division by AUSLIG (now Geoscience Australia) Commercial, in Australia, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0189 -93.841,41.694,-93.161,42.732 2003-06-25T00:00:00Z 2003-07-18T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

This data set is part of the Soil Moisture Experiment 2002 (SMEX02) project, which is associated with the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) validation project. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G01375 -53.0,59.0,-43.0,71.0 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z 1985-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z

The inventory includes 5,297 Glaciers from west Greenland between 59 to 71 degrees latitude north and 43 to 53 degrees longitude west. The glacier data basin division is based on a simplified version ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GSI_JARE_SATELLITE 21.0,-72.0,45.0,-68.0 1982-04-01T00:00:00Z 2005-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-16T04:00:00Z

The data set is 1:250,000 satellite image maps derived from Landsat MSS images. The maps consist of 8 sheets covering bare rock areas in Prince Olav Coast, Lutzow-Holm Bukta, Riiser-Larsen Peninsula, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LS_TM_ARC 90.0,20.0,140.0,60.0 1986-06-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-02-07T05:00:00Z

Landsat 5 was launched on March 1, 1984, carrying a seven-band TM sensor, and still operates properly at present. The satellite takes a sun-synchronized orbit with 705km altitude and 98.22 deg. inclination. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LANDSAT_ORTHO_ETM_PLUS -180.0,-81.0,180.0,81.0 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-12-23T05:00:00Z

Introduction. Data were compiled through NASA's Commercial Remote Sensing Program; this program is a cooperative effort between NASA and the commercial remote sensing community to provide users ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]INPE_LS_MSS -80.0,-40.0,-33.0,8.0 1973-05-14T00:00:00Z 1987-10-06T00:00:00Z 2011-10-27T04:00:00Z

INPE's only receiving station for Landsat MSS was located in Cuiaba, MT (geographic coordinates approx. 15.5S/56.0W). Data were acquired routinely over the entire range from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]INPE_LS_RBV -80.0,-40.0,-33.0,8.0 1978-11-03T00:00:00Z 1983-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-10-27T04:00:00Z

INPE's only receiving station for Landsat RBV was located in Cuiaba, MT (geographic coordinates approx. 15.5S/56.0W). Data were acquired routinely over the entire range during the lifetime ...