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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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Description: USGS Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN) Streamflow Data, 1874-1988

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 70.0

S: 15.0

E: -60.0

W: -170.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: USGS Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN) Streamflow Data, 1874-1988

Dataset Release Date: 1999

Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Presentation Form: Online Files

Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/415

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=415&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1874-10-01

Stop Date: 1988-09-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > RIVERS/STREAMS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > WATER CHANNELS

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 415

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA