[Location: Location_Category='OCEAN', Location_Type='INDIAN OCEAN', Location_Subregion1='SEYCHELLES']
2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000

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Summary
Abstract: The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the long term goal of finding a single indicator for environmental sustainability analagous to that of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The index covering 56 countries is a composite measure of the current ... View entire text

Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -55.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

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: 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date: 2000
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version: 2000.00
Data Presentation Form: document
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-pilot-environmental-s...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1978-01-01
Stop Date: 1999-12-31
Location Keywords
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 1 degree
Longitude Resolution: 1 degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Vertical Resolution: 1 km
Vertical Resolution Range: 100 meters - < 1 km
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly
Science Keywords
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Platform
AURA > Aura Ancillary Description
Instrument
HIRDLS > High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder Ancillary Description
Project
Quality Please review the HIRDLS Data Description and Quality Version 7 Document for details on the quality of the data.

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Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
Phone: 301-614-5224
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.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
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP/HTTP
Distribution Size: 2 GB
Distribution Format: HDF-EOS5
Fees: None
Personnel
JOHN C. GILLE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 303-497-8062
Email: gille at ucar.edu
Contact Address:
National Center for Atmospheric Research
PO Box 3000
City: Boulder
Province or State: Colorado
Postal Code: 80307
Country: USA
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Publications/References
List of HIRDLS publications can be found at http://www.eos.ucar.edu/hirdls/docs/
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2013-03-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-05-01

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