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1. Atlantic Meridional Transect [AMT]
The Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) is a multidisciplinary programme which undertakes biological, chemical and physical oceanographic research during an annual voyage between the UK and destinations ...


2. Watershed Boundaries Level 1 - HYDRO1k (Africa) [geodata_0792]
The Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...


3. Watershed Boundaries Level 2 - HYDRO1k (Africa) [geodata_0784]
The Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...


4. Watershed Boundaries Level 3 - HYDRO1k (Africa) [geodata_0785]
The Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...


5. Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) MODIS Active Fire Data [FIRMS_MODIS_Active_Fire_Data]
Web Fire Mapper is an internet based mapping tool that delivers locations of active fires in near real time. For selected regions and countries you can view an interactive map showing active fires ...


6. DEM 5 minutes - Continent [geodata_0153]
ETOPO5 was generated from a digital data base of land and sea- floor elevations on a 5-minute latitude/longitude grid. The resolution of the gridded data varies from true 5-minute for the ocean floors, ...


7. Mean Annual Rainfall [geodata_0165]
Precipitation is "average annual", and is expressed in terms of millimeters (mm.) per year; Average Days of Precipitation ("Wet Days") is number of days per year; and Average Windspeed is expressed ...


8. Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (Geographic) [CIESIN_SEDAC_LWP2_HF_GEOG]
The Global Human Footprint Dataset of the Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2) is the Human Influence Index (HII) normalized by biome and realm. The HII is a global dataset of 1-kilometer ...


9. Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Change in Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 [CIESIN_SEDAC_ICWQ_CCHLOA]
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 ...


10. Low Elevation Coast Zone (LECZ) Urban-Rural Population Estimates, Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP), Alpha Version [CIESIN_SEDAC_GRUMP_LECZ]
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, ...


11. National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II) [CIESIN_SEDAC_NAGDC_PLACEII]
The Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II) dataset contains estimates of national-level aggregations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal ...


12. National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III) [CIESIN_SEDAC_NAGDC_PLACEIII]
The Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III) data set contains estimates of national-level aggregations in urban, rural, and total designations of territorial extent and ...


13. 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002]
The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social ...


14. 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005]
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 ...


15. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_2004EVI]
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 ...


16. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: The Wellbeing of Nations [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_WELLBEING]
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 ...


17. Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios [CIESIN_SEDAC_MVA_ECCGFPSRES]
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). ...


18. Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2006]
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 ...


19. 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000]
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 ...


20. Climate Dataset of Senegal [NBId0161_101]
New-ID: NBI161 The Climate Dataset of Senegal documentation Files: SENEGAL4.IMG Code: 146005-001 SENEGAL5.IMG 146006-001 SENEGAL6.IMG 146007-001 Raster Members IMG files are in IDRISI format ...


21. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11]
The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...


22. Rwanda Society-Environment Project [NBId0262_101]
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RWANDA SOCIETY-ENVIRONMENT PROJECT The objective of the project is to address natural resources management (NRM) issues in Rwanda through a collaborative program of training, ...


23. RESURS-O1 data from Eurimage [EURIMAGE_RESURS]
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 ...


24. European Diatom Database-African Dataset [uk_nc_eddi_Africa]   PARENT DIF
The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ...


25. European Diatom Database-East African Dataset [uk_nc_eddi_africae]   PARENT DIF
The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ...


26. European Diatom Database-North African Dataset [uk_nc_eddi_african]   PARENT DIF
The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ...


27. Worldwide Water Resources Data Compiled by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security [PACIFIC_INSTITUTE_WATERDATA]
The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security makes data available on worldwide freshwater resources. Tables, charts, and maps describe renewable freshwater supply by ...


28. 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001]
The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress ...


29. African Water Stress Study for the World Water Development Report II [UNH_WWRDII_AFRICA]
Outputs from a Water Balance and Transport Model (WBM/WTM) were used to determine the spatial distribution of renewable water supply, expressed as the sum of local runoff and river corridor discharge. ...


30. Pan-tropical Runoff for the World Water Development Report II [UNH_WWRDII_PANTROPIC]
Gridded fields of changes in runoff and river flow (discharge) due to historical and hypothetical deforestation from Douglas et al. (2005). Scenario 1 (Sc1, historical) compared distributed ...


31. SAFARI 2000 GAS EMISSIONS FROM BIOFUEL USE AND PRODUCTION, SEPTEMBER 2000 [s2k_biofuel_emiss]
Domestic biomass fuels (biofuels) are estimated to be the second largest source of carbon emissions from global biomass burning. Wood and charcoal provide approximately 90% and 10% of domestic energy ...


32. The Miombo (Africa) Network Land Use/Land Cover CD-ROM from the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP) [IGBP_MIOMBO]
The Miombo Woodlands system is taken to include all those Southern and Central African ecosystems which occur under a hot, subhumid, seasonally-wet climate on soils derived ...


33. Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Ancillary Data [CIESIN_SEDAC_ICWQ_ANC]
The Ancillary Data component of the Indicators of Coastal Water Quality Collection includes a 5 arc-minute (approximately 9 x 9 km at the equator) sequence grid, grid cell centroids that relate to ...


34. Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 [CIESIN_SEDAC_ICWQ_ACHLOA]
The Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentrations component of the Indicators of Coastal Water Quality Collection consists of gridded satellite measurements of chlorophyll-a concentrations (in nanogram/cubic ...


35. National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates (PLACE) [CIESIN_SEDAC_NAGDC_PLACE]
The Population, Landscape And Climate Estimates (PLACE) dataset contains estimates of national-level aggregations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal proximity, ...


36. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: Data Sets from a Major Crop Modeling Study [CIESIN_SEDAC_GISS_CROPCLIM_DB]
Datasets from a Major Crop Modeling Study contain projected country and regional changes in grain crop yields due to global climate change. Equilibrium and transient scenarios output from General ...


37. Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Collection of Treaty Texts [CIESIN_SEDAC_ENTRI_TEXTS_COL]
The Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Collection of Treaty Texts consists of environmental treaty texts that are compiled in collaboration with the Columbia University Center for ...


38. SAFARI 2000 ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS FROM HANDHELD HAZEMETERS, ZAMBIA [s2k_hazemeter]
Data presented in this database are the result of Hand Held 4-band Hazemeters and do not always satisfy to the high standards of quality associated with Automatic Sunphotometers.SAFARI 2000 data are ...


39. CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN SAVANNA BIOMES FOR DETERMINING WOODY COVER [gv_aws]
This data set includes the soil and vegetation characteristics, herbivore estimates, and precipitation measurement data for the 854 sites described and analyzed in Sankaran et al., 2005. Savannas ...


40. RAINFALL, MEAN ANNUAL FOR UGANDA (32 CATEGORIES) [GNVd0082_104]
UNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Sets: Africa Climate from FAO/Agrhymet Network & ESRI These three African climate data sets originate from manuscripts that were received by ESRI from FAO, ...


41. Wind Velocity, Mean Annual for Uganda (13 Categories) [GNVd0084_104]
UNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Sets: Africa Climate from FAO/Agrhymet Network & ESRI These three African climate data sets originate from manuscripts that were received by ESRI from FAO, ...


42. HydroSHEDS : The Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales. [WWF_HS]   PARENT DIF
HydroSHEDS is a mapping product that provides hydrographic information for regional and global-scale applications in a consistent format. It offers a suite of geo-referenced data sets (vector and ...


43. Africa Lakes and Rivers (World Data Bank II) [NBId0036_101]
New-ID: NBI36 Africa Lakes and Rivers. Lakes and Rivers Dataset documentation (Micro World Data Bank II) Files: LAKES.VEC Code: 100055-001 RIVERS.VEC ...


44. Africa Olson World Ecosystems [NBId0022_101]
New-ID: NBI22 OLSON WORLD ECOSYSTEMS DATASET DOCUMENTATION File: AFWE20.IMG Code: 100032-001 Raster Member This IMG file is in IDRISI format Olson World Ecosystems data base is part of Global ...


45. Kenya Coastal Zone - Dumping Grounds, Pollution, Erosion [NBId0127_101]
The Eastern African Coastal and Marine Environment Resource Database is a comprehensive 1:250,000-scale vector database of the Kenya Coastal Zone. It consists of geographic, attribute, and textual ...


46. Kenya Coastal Zone - Infrastructure and Hotel, Health, Recreation Facilities [NBId0129_101]
The Eastern African Coastal and Marine Environment Resource Database is a comprehensive 1:250,000-scale vector database of the Kenya Coastal Zone. It consists of geographic, attribute, and textual ...


47. Kenya Coastal Zone - International/Administrative Boundaries and Schools [NBId0093_101]
The Eastern African Coastal and Marine Environment Resource Database is a comprehensive 1:250,000-scale vector database of the Kenya Coastal Zone. It consists of geographic, attribute, and textual ...


48. Kenya Coastal Zone - Marine Life, Fishing, Sport, Aquaculture, Vessels, Lighthouses [NBId0115_101]
The Eastern African Coastal and Marine Environment Resource Database is a comprehensive 1:250,000-scale vector database of the Kenya Coastal Zone. It consists of geographic, attribute, and textual ...


49. Kenya Coastal Zone - Scientific Cruise [NBId0106_101]
The Eastern African Coastal and Marine Environment Resource Database is a comprehensive 1:250,000-scale vector database of the Kenya Coastal Zone. It consists of geographic, attribute, and textual ...


50. Laikipia (Kenya) Research Programme GIS Datasets [NBId0177_101]
Laikipia Research Programme GIS Datasets are divided into two main different study area scales: the Regional level [Laikipia district, the Ewaso Ng'iro Basin] and the Local level [Land parcels-farm(s), ...


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