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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 ...

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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Description: Data in CSV, SAV and DTA formats.

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

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 5 degrees
Longitude Resolution: 5 degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 500 km - < 1000 km or approximately 5 degrees - < 10 degrees
Temporal Resolution: Monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

TRMM > Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Instrument

PR > TRMM Precipitation Radar

TMI > TRMM Microwave Imager

Project

EOS > Earth Observing System

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

Quality Current version of 3B31 only checks various quality flags in the 2A12, but
not the 2B31. Recent version of 2B31 has provided an uncertainty index.
The quality check of 2B31 will be added in the next version to remove ...

Access Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

EOSDIS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

GSFC_DAAC

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

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

Distribution Size: 15-16 files/day; 8300-8800 KB/file

Distribution Format: HDF

Fees: none

Personnel

HYDROLOGY DATA SUPPORT TEAM

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (301) 614-5165

Fax: (301) 614-5268

Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Hydrology Data Support Team, Code 610.2

Goddard Space Flight Center

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

CHRISTIAN KUMMEROW

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +1 (970) 491-7473

Fax: +1 (970) 491-8449

Email: kummerow at atmos.colostate.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Atmospheric Science

Colorado State University

200 West Lake Street

City: Fort Collins

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80523

Country: USA

HYDROLOGY DATA SUPPORT TEAM

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-5165

Fax: (301) 614-5268

Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Hydrology Data Support Team, Code 610.2

Goddard Space Flight Center

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

File Specifications for TRMM Products: ftp://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/v7filespec/filespec.TRMM.V7.pdf

Metadata for TRMM Products: ftp://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/v7filespec/filespecMeta.TRMM.V7.pdf

TRMM V6 vs. V7 Major Data Format Changes: http://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/Documents/formatChangesV7.pdf

Haddad, Z. S., E. A. Smith, C. D. Kummerow, T. Iguchi, M. R. Farrar, S. L.
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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-07-15

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-22

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