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2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001

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Summary

Abstract: 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 towards environmental sustainability. The index is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, ...

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability based on lessons learned from the year 2000 pilot effort.

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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: 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: 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Dataset Release Date: 2001

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

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

Version: 2001.00

Data Presentation Form: document, tabular

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

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1980-01-01

Stop Date: 2000-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Instrument

ANEMOMETERS

BAROMETERS

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Ancillary Keywords

DPIR CASE TEMPERATURE

DPIR DOME TEMPERATURE

UPIR CASE TEMPERATURE

UPIR DOME TEMPERATURE

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NOAA/ERL/ARL/SRRB

Data Center

Surface Radiation Research Branch, Air Resources Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JOHN AUGUSTINE Phone: 303-497-6415 Email: John.A.Augustine at noaa.gov Contact Address: NOAA/ERL/ARL/SRRB 325 Broadway R/E/ARx1 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80303 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (HTTP)

Distribution Format: GIF, PS

Fees: None

Personnel

JOHN AUGUSTINE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 303-497-6415

Email: John.A.Augustine at noaa.gov

Contact Address:

NOAA/ERL/ARL/SRRB

325 Broadway R/E/ARx1

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80303

Country: USA

SCOTT A. RITZ

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5126

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: Maryland

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2003-06-27

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