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
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Platform
LABORATORY Ancillary Description
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 603-646-2184
Fax: 603-646-9024
Email: Ian.Baker at Dartmouth.edu
Contact Address:
Thayer School of Engineering
Dartmouth College
8000 Cummings Hall
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-8000
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Li, X; Iliescu, D; Baker, I. "On the effects of temperature on the strength of H2SO4-doped ice single crystals," JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY, v.55, 2009, p. 481-484. View record at Web of Science

Obbard, RW; Troderman, G; Baker, I. "Imaging brine and air inclusions in sea ice using micro-X-ray computed tomography," JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY, v.55, 2009, p. 1113-1115. View record at Web of Science

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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2012-09-04
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-21

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