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2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001
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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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
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution:
1x1 deg
Longitude Resolution: 1x1 deg Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees Temporal Resolution: Once per 8 days (daytime and nighttime) Temporal Resolution Range: Weekly - < Monthly Science Keywords
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Quality
The V5 Level 3 gridded products are derived from the Level 2 standard swath products. The Level 2 quality indicators determine which of the Level 2 Standard Product data are combined to create the Level 3 Product. It is important that the user of Level 3 Products become familiar with these quality indicators, and we urge the user to read the documentation describing the AIRS Level 2 Standard ...
Access Constraints
None
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
FTP
Distribution Size:
58 MB
Distribution Format:
HDF-EOS
Fees:
None
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
301-614-5960
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
asghar.e.esfandiari at 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
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2006-11-03
Last DIF Revision Date:
2013-03-19
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