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National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates (PLACE)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_NAGDC_PLACE

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Summary

Abstract: The Population, Landscape And Climate Estimates (PLACE) dataset contains estimates of national-level aggregations of territorial extent and population size by biome, climate zone, coastal proximity, elevation and slope, a compendium of nearly 300 variables for 222 countries. This dataset is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

The data in Microsoft Excel (XLS) format are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

Purpose: To provide tabular data on environmental conditions (elevations, climate, coastal) in which people reside.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
ASAC_2283

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1998-01-26

Stop Date: 2008-01-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

STRUCTURE

Instrument

TEMPERATURE LOGGERS

THERMOCOUPLES

Quality There are some gaps in the data coverage. See the data files for exact details.

The data may also not be adequately explained, as sufficient information was not available from the investigators.

Access Constraints These data are publicly available from the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=Mawsons_... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

ANTARCTICA

CAPE DENISON

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 12 MB

Distribution Format: excel

Fees: free

Personnel

ROB EASTHER

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6232 3356

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: rob.easther at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

203 Channel Highway

Australian Antarctic Division

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

VINOD DANIEL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 2 9320 6115

Fax: +61 2 9320 6070

Email: Vinodd at austmus.gov.au

Contact Address:

Research Centre for Materials Conservation and the Built Environment

6 College Street

Australian Museum

City: Sydney

Province or State: New South Wales

Postal Code: 2010

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-12-15

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-11

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