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Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): National Identifier Grid

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_GPWv3_NATIDEN

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Summary

Abstract: Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) National Identifier Grid is derived from the land area grid to create a raster surface where pixels (cells) that cover the same country or territory have the same value. Note that the countries and territories are not official representations of countries boundaries; rather, they represent the area covered by the statistical data as provided. GPWv3 is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT).

The data in ARC/INFO Grid, American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) and Band Interleaved by Line (BIL) formats are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

Purpose: To provide a raster representation of nation-states in GPWv3 for use in aggregating population data.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 79.89

S: -54.75

E: 179.85

W: -179.2

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): National Identifier Grid

Dataset Release Date: 200512

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-national-identifier-grid

Version: 3.00

Data Presentation Form: raster

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/gpw-v3-national-identifie...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-07-01

Stop Date: 1990-07-01

Start Date: 1995-07-01

Stop Date: 1995-07-01

Start Date: 2000-07-01

Stop Date: 2000-07-01

Start Date: 2005-07-01

Stop Date: 2005-07-01

Start Date: 2010-07-01

Stop Date: 2010-07-01

Start Date: 2015-07-01

Stop Date: 2015-07-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Access Constraints We are allowed to distribute this data to US scientists, scientists visiting US organizations, and Canadian scientists affiliated with UCAR member organizations only.

Use Constraints This data must not be used for commercial purposes. ECMWF must be given credit in any publications in which this data is used.

Ancillary Keywords

ECMWFIFS > ECMWF Integrated Forecast System

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Research Data Archive, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: 111.2

Data Center Personnel
Name: RDA HELP DESK Phone: (303)-497-1231 Fax: (303)-497-1291 Email: dssweb at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research CISL/DSS P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: U.S.A.

Distribution

Distribution Size: 46.248 Gbytes

Personnel

JOEY COMEAUX

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (303)-497-1256

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: joey at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

BOB DATTORE

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (303)-497-1825

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: dattore at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DSS

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Publications/References

Trenberth, K.E., 1992: Global Analyses from ECMWF and Atlas of 1000 to 10 mb Circulation Statistics. TN-373+STR, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 205 pp..

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Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-05-23

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