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2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2010

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Summary
Abstract: The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on environmental performance based on twenty-five indicators grouped within ten core policy categories addressing environmental health, air quality, water resource management, biodiversity and habitat, forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and climate change in the context of two broad objectives: environmental health and ecosystem ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative clearly defined targets.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -55.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, World Economic Forum (WEF), and Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission
Dataset Title: 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
Dataset Release Date: 2010
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version: 2010.00
Data Presentation Form: document, tabular
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-perform...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1994-01-01
Stop Date: 2009-12-31
Location Keywords
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 1 km
Longitude Resolution: 1 km
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1) Ancillary Description
Instrument
MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Ancillary Description
SPECTRORADIOMETERS Ancillary Description
Project
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
Data Center
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: MOD29P1N1

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Distribution
Distribution Media: ftp
Distribution Size: 3.69 MB
Distribution Format: HDF-EOS
Fees: unknown
Personnel
DOROTHY K. HALL
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Mail stop 614.1
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
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Publications/References
Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). 1996. EOS ground
system (EGS) systems and operations concept. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard
Space Flight Center.

Hall, D.K., A.B. Tait, G.A. Riggs, and
V.V. Salomonson. 1998. Algorithm theoretical basis document (ATBD) for
the MODIS snow-, lake ice- and sea ice- mapping algorithms (Version
4.0). Electronic version is available online at
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-11-18
Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-06-03
Future DIF Review Date: 2002-01-03

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