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2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000

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Summary

Abstract: 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 long term goal of finding a single indicator for environmental sustainability analagous to that of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The index covering 56 countries is a composite measure of the current ...

Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

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: World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Dataset Release Date: 2000

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University

Version: 2000.00

Data Presentation Form: document

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-pilot-environmental-s...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1978-01-01

Stop Date: 1999-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 13.5 km FOV at nadir
Longitude Resolution: 13.5 km FOV at nadir
Horizontal Resolution Range: 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
Temporal Resolution: Twice per day (daytime and nighttime)
Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

HSB > Humidity Sounder for Brazil

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

AQUA > Earth Observing System (EOS), AQUA

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Quality V5_CalVal_Status_Summary.pdf
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/v5_docs/AIRS_V5_Re...

Access Constraints Data are expected to be available from the GSFC Earth Sciences
(GES) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) about one year
after launch. The DAAC Science Team will provide regular
updates regarding data product releases in the future.

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

GES DAAC

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