Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-06-19T06:30:18ZGCMD Search: [Keyword='WATER']http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 120 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]drgDigital Raster Graphics-124.7,24.5,-67.9,49.32013-06-05T04:00:00ZA digital raster graphic (DRG) is a scanned image of a U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map. The scanned image includes
all map collar information. The image inside the map ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0777Watershed Boundaries Level 1 - HYDRO1k (North America)-178.97,8.56,-11.98,87.951997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-24T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0790Watershed Boundaries Level 2 - HYDRO1k (Middle East)29.09,9.24,63.99,38.671997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-24T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0788Watershed Boundaries Level 3 - HYDRO1k-122.85,-55.78,-18.14,30.461997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-24T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0785Watershed Boundaries Level 3 - HYDRO1k (Africa)-33.19,-41.41,62.62,40.041997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-24T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0779Watershed Boundaries Level 3 - HYDRO1k (Asia)26.35,-10.61,179.66,89.321997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-24T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0791Watershed Boundaries Level 3 - HYDRO1k (Europe)-27.72,34.56,68.1,85.211997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-24T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0782Watershed Boundaries Level 3 - HYDRO1k (North America)-178.97,8.56,-11.98,87.951997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-24T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1034Improved Drinking Water Coverage - Total Population-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331990-01-01T00:00:00Z2008-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-20T04:00:00ZAccess to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1029Improved Sanitation Coverage - Total Population-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331990-01-01T00:00:00Z2008-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-20T04:00:00ZAccess to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1253Mangroves Forest Extent - Total Area-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331980-01-01T00:00:00Z2005-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-20T04:00:00ZMangroves are commonly found along sheltered coastlines in the tropics and subtropics where they fulfil important socio-economic and environmental functions. These include the provision of a large ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1021Treated Waste Water Reused-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331968-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-20T04:00:00ZReused treated wastewater corresponds to an annual quantity of treated wastewater that is reused. The treated wastewater is wastewater discharged from treatment plant (effluent).http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1100Water Use - Total Water Withdrawal-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331968-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-20T04:00:00ZAnnual gross quantity of water produced and used for agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes. It does not include other in situ-uses :energy, mining, recreation, navigation, fisheries and the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1018Desalinated Water Produced-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331968-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-15T04:00:00ZDesalinated water corresponds to the annual amount of fresh water generated by desalination of sea or brackish waters (annually estimated on the basis of the total capacity of water desalination installations).http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1004Water Resources - Total Internal Renewable-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331958-01-01T00:00:00Z2012-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-05-15T04:00:00ZTotal Internal renewable water resources (IRWR): long-term average annual flow of rivers and recharge of aquifers generated from endogenous precipitation. Double counting of surface water and groundwater ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MAPSUSGS Maps-173.0,16.0,-63.0,70.01883-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-05-07T04:00:00ZThe USGS conducts systematic and scientific classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure; mineral, energy, and water resources; and products of the national domain. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0543Floods - Killed People-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331980-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-25T04:00:00ZKilled: Persons confirmed as dead and persons missing and presumed dead. Disaster: Situation or event, which overwhelms local capacity, necessitating a request to national or international level for ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Stream_GIS_USGSDigital Line Graphs of U.S. Streams for the EPA Clean Air Mapping and Analysis Program (C-MAP)-127.77,23.25,-65.71,48.152013-04-22T04:00:00ZThis is a 1:2,000,000 coverage of streams for the conterminous United States.
This coverage was intended for use as a background display for the National
Water Summary program.
The stream layer was ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NWS_RiverbasinsNWS River Forecast Basins (GIS Coverage)-166.0,19.0,-66.0,71.01998-10-01T00:00:00Z1998-10-17T00:00:00Z2013-04-22T04:00:00ZNational Weather Service forecast basins for contiguous United
States and Puerto Rico.
Note: This documentation also applied to the sub-coverages of basins
for individual ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0792Watershed Boundaries Level 1 - HYDRO1k (Africa)-33.19,-41.41,62.62,40.041997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0786Watershed Boundaries Level 1 - HYDRO1k (Asia)26.35,-10.61,179.66,89.321997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0780Watershed Boundaries Level 1 - HYDRO1k (Europe)-27.72,34.56,68.1,85.211997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0789Watershed Boundaries Level 1 - HYDRO1k (Middle East)29.09,9.24,63.99,38.671997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0783Watershed Boundaries Level 1 - HYDRO1k (South America)-122.85,-55.78,-18.14,30.461997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0784Watershed Boundaries Level 2 - HYDRO1k (Africa)-33.19,-41.41,62.62,40.041997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0781Watershed Boundaries Level 2 - HYDRO1k (Asia)26.35,-10.61,179.66,89.321997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0787Watershed Boundaries Level 2 - HYDRO1k (Europe)-27.72,34.56,68.1,85.211997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0793Watershed Boundaries Level 2 - HYDRO1k (South America)-122.85,-55.78,-18.14,30.461997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0794Watershed Boundaries Level 3 - HYDRO1k (Middle East)29.09,9.24,63.99,38.671997-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-04-17T04:00:00ZThe Pfafstetter system was developed by Otto Pfafstetter, a Brazilian engineer. It is based upon the topology of the drainage network and the size of the surface area drained. Its numbering scheme ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1087The influence of water and nutrient availability on bryophyte communities in continental Antarctica109.0,-67.0,111.0,-65.01996-11-01T00:00:00Z2000-02-15T00:00:00Z2013-03-25T04:00:00ZBryophyte Ecophysiology - response to water and nutrients.
This project is also related to ASAC project 1313 (ASAC_1313) - Impact of global climate change on Antarctic flora: long-term monitoring ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0269Water Use - Agricultural Water Withdrawal-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331968-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-03-14T04:00:00ZAgriculture represents 70% of global water use. Yet, experience shows that the number of countries where agricultural water use is monitored with sufficient accuracy is limited. In most cases, gross ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0267Water Use - Domestic Water Withdrawal-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331968-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-03-14T04:00:00ZAnnual quantity of water use for domestic purposes. It is usually computed as the total amount of water supplied by public distribution networks, and usually includes the withdrawal by those industries ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0262Water Use - Total Groundwater Withdrawal-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331988-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-03-14T04:00:00ZGroundwater recharge is the average annual amount of water that is estimated to infiltrate soils, including water from rivers and streams that lose it to underlying strata. In general, this figure ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0261Groundwater Produced Internally-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331958-01-01T00:00:00Z2012-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-03-08T05:00:00ZGroundwater produced internally: Long-term annual average groundwater recharge, generated from precipitation within the boundaries of the country. Renewable groundwater resources of the country are ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0048Improved Drinking Water Coverage - Rural Population-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331990-01-01T00:00:00Z2008-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-28T05:00:00ZAccess to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0032Improved Drinking Water Coverage - Urban Population-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331990-01-01T00:00:00Z2008-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-28T05:00:00ZAccess to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0028Improved Sanitation Coverage - Rural Population-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331990-01-01T00:00:00Z2008-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-28T05:00:00ZAccess to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0052Improved Sanitation Coverage - Urban Population-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.50331990-01-01T00:00:00Z2008-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-28T05:00:00ZAccess to safe drinking water is estimated by the percentage of the population using improved drinking water sources, as described below. Similarly, access to sanitary means of excreta disposal is ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_20082008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.02013-02-12T05:00:00ZThe 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: (1) reducing environmental stresses on human health, and (2) promoting ecosystem vitality and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_20122012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02001-01-01T00:00:00Z2010-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-12T05:00:00ZThe 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 132 countries on 22 performance indicators in the following 10 policy categories: environmental burden of disease, water (effects on human health), ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBId0262_101Rwanda Society-Environment Project29.0,-3.0,31.0,-1.01990-01-01T00:00:00Z1994-01-01T00:00:00Z2013-02-11T05:00:00ZMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
RWANDA SOCIETY-ENVIRONMENT PROJECT
The objective of the project is to address natural resources
management (NRM) issues in Rwanda through a collaborative program of
training, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CBP_WSM43Chesapeake Bay Program Watershed Model Scenario Output Database-80.53758,36.66154,-74.5759,42.9791985-01-01T00:00:00Z1995-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZThe Watershed model is an application of HSPF (Hydrologic Simulation Program -
Fortran ) run on a unix workstation. The model divides the 64,000 square mile
Chesapeake Bay drainage basin into 87 model ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UTC_hydrographyHydrographic Features of the United States-177.1,17.0,-64.0,72.01995-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZThe data set portrays the polygon and line water features of the United States,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The file was produced by joining the
individual State hydrographic layers ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KDFWR_otherKDFWR_swap_ca_lakesKY - Other KDFWR - KDFWR Large Lakes (swap_ca_lakes)-85.18541,36.745792,-84.1163,37.1250652003-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZBoundaries of Kentucky's Large Lakes clipped to Southwest Appalachian
Conservation area.
Used to delineate boundaries for large lakes in Kentucky
These lake boundaries were created from the original ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]coa_stwetaState Wetlands of Maine-71.31,42.85,-66.74,47.671987-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZThe data are state protected wetlands greater than 10sq. acres.
The data represent major wetland areas of MDI. Often used as a "base
map" layer. These wetlands are protected by state law.
Digitized ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_streamflowStreamflow, Temperature and other parameters from Sampling Stations-164.168,17.731,-64.78,70.2812012-12-21T05:00:00ZApproximately 5,000 of the 6,900 U.S. Geological Survey sampling stations are
equipped with telemetry to transmit data on streamflow, temperature, and other
parameters back to a data base for real-time ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]coa_wshedsp7Watershed Boundaries of Mount Desert Island and Lands of MDI Municipal Zones-67.5,42.5,-67.5,42.51981-01-01T00:00:00Z1986-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZThe data set includes the watershed boundaries of Mount Desert Island
and lands of MDI municipal towns.
The data set was created to better define the watershed boundaries of
Mount Desert Island and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_BIOMEBGCBOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC MODEL SIMULATIONS AT TOWER FLUX SITES IN 1994-106.2,53.63,-98.29,55.91994-01-01T00:00:00Z1994-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-12-20T05:00:00ZBIOME-BGC is a general ecosystem process model designed to simulate biogeochemical and hydrologic processes across multiple scales (Running and Hunt, 1993). In this investigation, BIOME-BGC was used ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_BIOMEBG2BOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC SSA SIMULATIONS OF ANNUAL WATER AND CARBON FLUXES-111.0,49.0,-89.0,60.01994-01-01T00:00:00Z1996-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-12-20T05:00:00ZThe BOREAS RSS-08 team performed research to evaluate the effect of seasonal weather and landcover heterogeneity on boreal forest regional water and carbon fluxes using a process level ecosystem model, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AquastatAQUASTAT Database20.0,12.0,60.0,80.01994-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-01-01T00:00:00Z2012-12-12T05:00:00ZAQUASTAT is FAO's global information system of water and agriculture
developed by the Land and Water Development Division of FAO. The
AQUASTAT database provides information on water and agriculture ...