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2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005

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Summary
Abstract: The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 146 countries. The index provides a composite profile of national environmental stewardship based on a compilation of 21 indicators derived from 76 underlying datasets. The 2005 version of the ESI represents a significant update and improvement on earlier ... View entire text

Purpose: To create a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability and to provide a mechanism for making environmental management more quantitative, empirically grounded and systematic.
Related URL
Description: Data download page.

Description: Maps in PDF and PNG formats.
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: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and World Economic Forum, and Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission
Dataset Title: 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date: 2005.00
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Data Presentation Form: document, tabular, map
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-environmental-sustain...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1980-01-01
Stop Date: 2000-12-31
Location Keywords
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 500 m
Longitude Resolution: 500 m
Temporal Resolution: 8-Day
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
Data Center
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: MOD10A23

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC 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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Distribution
Distribution Media: ftp
Distribution Size: 11.6 MB
Distribution Format: HDF-EOS
Fees: unknown
Personnel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Mail stop 614.1
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
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Publications/References
EOS Ground System (EGS) Systems and Operations Concept. 1996. Earth Science
Data and Information System (ESDIS), Goddard Space Flight Center, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Hall, D.K., A.B. Tait, G.A. Riggs, and V.V. Salomonson. 1998.
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the MODIS Snow-, Lake
Ice- and Sea Ice-Mapping Algorithms (Version 4.0). Electronic version
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-11-18
Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-06-04

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