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Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11

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Summary
Abstract: The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI), 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI), the Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard, the Wellbeing of Nations, and 2006 National ... View entire text

Purpose: To make the acquisition, comparison and analysis of sustainability indicators easier by compiling them in a single database, incorporating multiple country codes, and condensing the indicator descriptions into short methodological summaries in an accompanying data dictionary.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University
Dataset Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1
Dataset Release Date: 2007
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Version: 1.01
Data Presentation Form: tabular
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-complete-collection...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1973-01-01
Stop Date: 2005-12-31
Location Keywords
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA
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Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
SORCE > Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment Ancillary Description
Instrument
XPS > XUV Photometer System Ancillary Description
Project
Quality See: http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/ssi_data.html
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
LASP
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
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Distribution
Distribution Media: online
Distribution Size: 1.3 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII
Fees: none
Personnel
TOM WOODS
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 303-492-4224
Email: tom.woods at lasp.colorado.edu
Contact Address:
University of Colorado
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
1234 Innovation Drive
City: Boulder
Province or State: Colorado
Postal Code: 80303-7814
Country: USA
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Publications/References
http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/science/publications.htm
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-11-14
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-29

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