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Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Ancillary Data

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_ANC

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Summary

Abstract: The Ancillary Data portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability
Indicator Collections contains 38 variables (time series data on population and
gross domestic product as well as region codes, land area, and waterbody area)
for 238 countries. The data are taken from the UN Population Division, the
World Bank, the CIA Factbook, and CIESIN's Gridded Population of the World, and
are ...

Purpose: To provide population estimates, gross domestic product, and surface area data to be used in conjunction with the sustainability indicators included in the compendium.

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Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

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: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Ancillary Data

Dataset Release Date: 2006

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 1.00

Data Presentation Form: tabular

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/cesic-ancillary-data

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-01-01

Stop Date: 2005-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > CENTRAL AFRICA > ANGOLA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > MESOPAUSE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > AIRGLOW

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE TENDENCY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Instrument

AIRGLOW/AURORA IMAGER

Ancillary Keywords

King Sejong Station

Originating Center

KR/KPDC

Data Center

Korea Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea

Data Center URL: http://www.kopri.re.kr/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JAE LIM KIM Phone: +82-260-6083 Fax: +82-260-6088 Email: kabuli at kopri.re.kr Contact Address: Songdo Techno Park, 7-50, Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu City: Incheon Postal Code: 406-840 Country: Korea