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Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11

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Summary

Abstract: The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI), the Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard, the Wellbeing of Nations, and 2006 National ...

Purpose: To make the acquisition, comparison and analysis of sustainability indicators easier by compiling them in a single database, incorporating multiple country codes, and condensing the indicator descriptions into short methodological summaries in an accompanying data dictionary.

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Description: Data in CSV, SAV and DTA formats.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1

Dataset Release Date: 2007

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 1.01

Data Presentation Form: tabular

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-complete-collection...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1973-01-01

Stop Date: 2005-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 2.0 degrees
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Temporal Resolution: 1 day
Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > DUST/ASH/SMOKE

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

GIOVANNI-3 > GES-DISC DAAC Interactive Online Visualization and ANalysis Infrastructure

Access Constraints NONE

Originating Center

GEST/NASA GSFC

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA