[Location: Location_Category='CONTINENT', Location_Type='AFRICA', Location_Subregion1='NORTHERN AFRICA']
Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GPWv3_POPCOUNT

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Summary
Abstract: Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) consists of estimates of human population for the years 1990, 1995, and 2000 by 2.5 arc-minute grid cells and associated datasets dated circa 2000. A proportional allocation gridding algorithm, utilizing more than 300,000 national and sub-national administrative units, is used to assign population values to grid cells. The population count grids ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide a time series of raster data on population to facilitate data integration.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 85.0   S: -58.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
Dataset Title: Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Population Count Grid
Dataset Release Date: 2005-12
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Version: 3.00
Data Presentation Form: raster
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-population-count
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1990-07-01
Stop Date: 1990-07-01
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Location Keywords
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA
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Science Keywords
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Platform
QUIKSCAT > QUIKSCAT Ancillary Description
Instrument
SCATTEROMETERS Ancillary Description
Ancillary Keywords
Data Center
Arctic Research Office, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JACQUELINE RICHTER-MENGE
Email: Jaqueline.A.Richter-Menge at erdc.usaec.army.mil
Contact Address:
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Rd.
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA
Publications/References
Wang, L., C. Derksen, and R. Brown. (2008), Detection of Pan-Arctic Terrestrial Snowmelt from QuikSCAT, 2000–2005., Remote Sensing of Environment., 10, 112, 3794-3805
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-08-11
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-05-20

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