Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

Data Sets

Services / Tools

Ancillary Descriptions

Are you using a browser that doesn't support JavaScript or have you disabled JavaScript?

If you have disabled JavaScript, you must re-enable JavaScript to use this page.
Or you can view this record using the Text Only Format.

2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001

[ Get Data ]
[ Update this Record ]

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.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

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

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 0.05 deg
Longitude Resolution: 0.05 deg
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Spectroradiometers

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Quality Quality indicators for MODIS snow data can be found in the following places:
* AutomaticQualityFlag and the ScienceQualityFlag metadata objects and their corresponding explanations: AutomaticQualityFlagExplanation and ScienceQualityFlagExplanation located in the CoreMetadata.0 global attributes
... * Custom local attributes associated with each SDS, for example, snow cover
* Snow Spatial QA field.

These quality indicators are generated during production or in post-production scientific and quality checks of the data product. For more information on local and global attributes, go to one of the following links:
* MOD10C1 and MYD10C1 Local Snow Cover Attributes, Version 5
* MOD10C1 and MYD10C1 Global Snow Cover Attributes, Version 5

The AutomaticQualityFlag is automatically set according to conditions for meeting data criteria in the snow mapping algorithm. In most cases, the flag is set to either Passed or Suspect, and in rare instances, it may be set to Failed. Suspect means that a significant percentage of the data were anomalous and that further analysis should be done to determine the source of anomalies. The AutomaticQualityFlagExplanation contains a brief message explaining the reason for the setting of the AutomaticQualityFlag. The ScienceQualityFlag and the ScienceQualityFlagExplanation maybe updated after production, either after an automated QA program is run or after the data product is inspected by a qualified snow scientist. Content and explanation of this flag are dynamic so it should always be examined if present in the external metadata file. The algorithm tests for a variety of anomalous conditions and sets the pixel value accordingly if such conditions are detected. Summary statistics about missing data, the percent cloud cover, the percent of good or other quality data, and snow cover percent are calculated and placed in the metadata for each product. The Snow Spatial QA data field provides additional information on algorithm results for each pixel within a spatial context, and is used as a measure of usefulness for snow-cover data. The QA information tells if algorithm results were nominal, abnormal, or if other defined conditions were encountered for a pixel (Riggs, Hall, and Salomonson 2006). The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: MODIS Land Quality Assessment Web site provides updated quality information for each product.

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctic

Arctic

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC 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

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC 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

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 0.5 - 6.0 MB

Distribution Format: GeoTIFF

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 0.5 - 6.0 MB

Distribution Format: HDF-EOS

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

Publications/References

Diner, D. J., J. V. Martonchik, C. Borel, S. A. W. Gerstl, H. R. Gordon, Y. Knyazikhin, R. Myneni, B. Pinty, and M. M. Verstraete. 1999. MISR Level-2 Surface Retrieval Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). 1996. EOS Ground System (EGS) Systems and Operations Concept. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight ...

Extended Metadata Properties

(Click to view more)

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2008-03-24

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-13

Reformat as FGDC document

View Text Only Format

[ Update this Record ]