[Location: Location_Category='CONTINENT', Location_Type='AFRICA', Location_Subregion1='NORTHERN AFRICA']
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Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: The Wellbeing of Nations
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_WELLBEING
Summary
Abstract:
The Wellbeing of Nations portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains a subset of 123 variables assembled from the Wellbeing of Nations, which assesses human and ecosystem wellbeing for 183 countries. The variables selected include both raw data and processed indicators and indices created by the report's author, Robert Prescott-Allen. The data are ...
 Purpose: To provide data that address the key issues of sustainability by combining indicators of human wellbeing with those of environmental sustainability to generate a more comprehensive picture of the state of the world.
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Prescott-Allen, R.
Dataset Title:
Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: The Wellbeing of Nations
Dataset Release Date:
2001
Dataset Release Place:
Washington, DC
Dataset Publisher:
Island Press
Version:
1.00
Data Presentation Form:
tabular, map
Online Resource:
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-wellbeing-of-nations
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1990-01-01
Stop Date:
2000-01-01
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Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution:
5-min
Temporal Resolution Range: 1 minute - < 1 hour Science Keywords
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Platform
Project
Quality
In MYD29 Version 4 (V004) data, the sea ice algorithm uses Aqua/MODIS band 7. Good quality has been observed in the sea ice maps; however, investigation of effects of the switch to band 7 is continuing. The cloud mask product, MYD35_L2, used as input to the MYD29 algorithm also changed to use of band 7. The effect of that change relative to sea ice/cloud discrimination is being investigated. The ...
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
upon request
Distribution Size:
0.5-6.0
Distribution Format:
HDF-EOS
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
301-614-5650
Email:
George.A.Riggs at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
Code 614.1
City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). 1996. EOS ground system (EGS) systems and operations concept. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center. Hall, D. K., A. B. Tait, G. A. Riggs, and V. V. Salomonson. 1998. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the MODIS Snow-, Lake Ice- and Sea Ice-Mapping Algorithms (Version 4.0). Electronic version is available online at ...
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2003-05-23
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-02-11
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