Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-19T01:17:17Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 80 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PC06_ECMWF_LBA -62.3722,-10.85,-61.87,-10.75 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-03-31T00:00:00Z 2013-04-12T04:00:00Z

This data set provides the mean diurnal cycle of precipitation, near-surface thermodynamics, and surface fluxes generated from short-term forecasts from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_CABARE -65.0,-13.0,-60.0,-8.0 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-14T04:00:00Z

Surface parameter digital maps of vegetation, soil, and topography were obtained for Rondonia, Brazil, covering the 5x5 degree region bounded by 13-8 degrees S and 65-60 degrees W. Numerical maps ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_CAMREX -80.0,-20.0,-50.0,4.0 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-14T04:00:00Z

The objective of CAMREX (Carbon in the Amazon River Experiment) project which was conducted from 1982 through 1991, was been to define by mass balances and direct measurements those processes which ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Pre-LBA_ISLSCP-I -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-14T04:00:00Z

This data set contains hydrology, soils, radiation, cloud, and vegetation data from the International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Initiative I. The ISLSCP data sets should ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA_RADAMBrasil -75.0,-15.0,-42.0,5.0 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-14T04:00:00Z

The RADAMBRASIL project extensively mapped the Amazon soils using a combination of soil pit information, aerial photography, and geologic maps. During the project, 1,153 soil pits, distributed basin-wide, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_RBLE -62.0,-11.0,-61.0,-10.0 1992-09-10T00:00:00Z 1994-08-25T00:00:00Z 2012-08-14T04:00:00Z

The atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) is the layer of air closest to the ground which is directly influenced on a daily basis by the heating and cooling of the earth's surface. The exact depth of the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_FLOODAMA -78.1928,-18.2022,-46.284,1.2911 1986-08-04T00:00:00Z 1995-09-19T00:00:00Z 2012-08-10T04:00:00Z

This data set provides a digital mosaic of the Amazon River floodplain that was compiled using Landsat TM images. This mosaic was planned in July 1995 as an activity of the EOS-IDS Project that was ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE_LBA_SCAR-B -100.0,-60.0,-10.0,15.0 1995-08-15T00:00:00Z 1995-09-22T00:00:00Z 2012-08-10T04:00:00Z

This data set contains meteorological data, reanalysis data, remote sensing images, and data on atmospheric composition collected during the Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation - Brazil (SCAR-B) experiment. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA_TRACE-A -125.0,-40.0,40.0,-4.0 1992-08-18T00:00:00Z 1992-10-26T00:00:00Z 2012-08-10T04:00:00Z

This data set contains atmospheric chemistry and meteorological data from the NASA Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator-Atlantic (TRACE-A) field study. The NASA TRACE-A study took ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_ABRACOS -75.0,-18.0,-46.0,5.0 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-07-25T04:00:00Z

The data set presents the principal data from the Anglo-BRazilian Amazonian Climate Observation Study (ABRACOS) (Gash et al. 1996) and provides quality controlled information from five of the study ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_FLUAMAZON -59.0,-9.0,-44.0,4.0 1989-11-23T00:00:00Z 1989-12-21T00:00:00Z 2012-07-19T04:00:00Z

The FLUAMAZON Experiment data set includes meteorological data collected with radiosondes to examine the moisture flux from the northern coast of South America (near the mouth of the Amazon River) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CD06_PHYSICAL_TEMPLATE -63.4153,-12.9269,-60.015,-8.0333 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-06-20T04:00:00Z

This data set contains physical, hydrologic, political, demographic, and societal maps for the Ji-Parana River Basin, in the state of Rondonia, Brazil. These data were used as base information in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LC02_METEOROLOGY_ACRE -67.87,-9.95,-67.87,-9.95 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-05-31T00:00:00Z 2012-06-20T04:00:00Z

This data set provides meteorological measurements collected from 3 different meteorological stations within a radius of 8 km in Rio Branco, Acre Brazil, for the periods of June of 1970 to 1974, December ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LC02_GOES_HOTPIXEL_ACRE -73.58,-11.14,-66.63,-7.37 1998-08-01T00:00:00Z 2001-10-30T00:00:00Z 2012-06-20T04:00:00Z

This data set provides hot pixel data, as an indicator of fires that were detected by the GOES-8 satellite for the state of Acre, Brazil. Image data were collected for extended periods over the course ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LC03_SAR_LC_BIOMASS -68.5008,-10.5014,-54.4989,-2.0017 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-06-18T00:00:00Z 2012-06-20T04:00:00Z

This data set provides three related land cover products for four study areas across the Brazilian Amazon: Manaus, Amazonas; Tapajos National Forest, Para Western (Santarem); Rio Branco, Acre; and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ND02_SOIL_EXTRACTS -47.516,-2.983,-47.516,-2.983 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-10-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-20T04:00:00Z

This data set provides a time series of calcium, magnesium, and potassium concentrations extracted from soil samples from a laboratory column extraction study conducted in 2002. Soils used in the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ND02_SOIL_HYDRAULIC_CONDUCT -55.0,-2.75,-55.0,-2.75 2001-06-12T00:00:00Z 2001-06-20T00:00:00Z 2012-04-20T04:00:00Z

This data set reports field estimated saturated hydraulic conductivity measurements from June 12 through June 20, 2001. This study was part of a rainfall exclusion experiment that was conducted from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ND04_TERMITE_MOUNDS -60.03,-2.518,-60.03,-2.518 1999-12-15T00:00:00Z 2001-11-30T00:00:00Z 2012-04-20T04:00:00Z

This data set reports the results of a comprehensive study of mound building termites at the Embrapa research station in the Distrito Agropecuario da SUFRAMA, located at km 53 of the federal highway ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_isric_wise -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-17T04:00:00Z

The data set consists of a subset of the ISRIC-WISE global data set of derived soil properties for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) in South America ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_ghcn_v1 -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1832-07-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-17T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of a subset of the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) Version 1 database for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_stillwell -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,5.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-09-01T00:00:00Z 2012-03-15T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of a subset of a 1-degree gridded global freshwater wetlands database (Stillwell-Soller et al. 1995). This subset was created for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_croplands -80.0,-18.0,-35.0,5.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-15T04:00:00Z

This data set is a subset of a global croplands data set (Ramankutty and Foley 1999a). The subset was created for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_cogley -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-03-15T04:00:00Z

This subset of the Global Hydrographic data set (GGHYDRO) Release 2.2 for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) in South America (i.e., longitude 85 deg ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_avhrr_1km -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-15T04:00:00Z

This data set is a subset of Hansen et al. (1999), "1 km Global Land Cover Data Set Derived from AVHRR," which was developed at the Laboratory for Global Remote Sensing Studies (LGRSS) at the University ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_zinke -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z 1984-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-15T04:00:00Z

The data set contains a subset of a global organic soil carbon and nitrogen data set (Zinke et al. 1986). The subset was created for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_reg_basin -85.0,-30.0,-30.0,10.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 1972-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

This data set is an expanded version of the Costa et al. (2000) data set and consists of a single grid with values of 1 for cells within the basins and 0 for cells outside. The resolution of the data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_legal_amazon -80.0,-34.0,-34.035,6.02 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

The Legal Amazon of Brazil is defined by law to include the states of Acre, Amap?, Amazonas, Par?, Rond?nia, Roraima, Mato Grosso, Maranh?o, and Tocantins [Fund?cao Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_olson -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

This data set is a subset of Olson et al. (1985, 2000) "Major World Ecosystem Complexes Ranked by Carbon in Live Vegetation." This subset was created for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_avhrr_8km -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z 1984-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

This data set is a subset of an 8-km global land cover product (DeFries et al. 1998). This subset was created for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_cramer_leemans -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1931-01-01T00:00:00Z 1960-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

This data set is a subset of Cramer and Leemans' (2001) global database of mean monthly climatology, which contains monthly averages of mean temperature, temperature range, precipitation, rain days, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_monthly_clim -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-09-08T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

This data set is a subset of "Global Monthly Climatology for the 20th Century (New et al.)" (2000a). This subset characterizes mean monthly surface climate over the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_tree_cover -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

The data set consists of a subset for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) in South America (i.e., longitude 85 deg to 30 deg W, latitude 25 deg S to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_veg_soils -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

This data set is a subset of a global vegetation and soils data set by Wilson and Henderson-Sellers (1985a). The subset was created for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_giss -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-03-13T04:00:00Z

This database, compiled by Matthews and Fung (1987), provides information on the distribution and environmental characteristics of natural wetlands. The database was developed to evaluate the role ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA_JERS_1 -79.6,-20.0,-49.4,5.2 1995-09-01T00:00:00Z 1996-07-31T00:00:00Z 2012-02-01T05:00:00Z

Volume AM-1 of the JERS-1 SAR Global Rainforest Mapping Project CD-ROM series is a 4-disc set containing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery from the rainforest region of South America, including ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA_ND07_STREAMWATER_CHEMISTRY -48.1859,-15.9328,-47.6,-15.55 2004-09-08T00:00:00Z 2006-12-22T00:00:00Z 2011-10-12T04:00:00Z

This data set reports on dissolved nutrient concentrations, as well as dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, conductivity, turbidity, and pH measured in water samples collected from nine streams located in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA_ND07_TRACE_GAS_LAND_USE -47.8506,-16.3,-47.2506,-15.2333 1999-09-09T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-10-12T04:00:00Z

This data set reports on soil-atmosphere fluxes of trace carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, and nitric oxide (CO2, CO, N2O, NO) under various natural and manipulated land use conditions. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GES_DISC_TRMM_CSI_LBAX_2B31_V6 -81.8573,-30.75,-41.1427,9.5 1997-12-08T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-10-05T04:00:00Z

Satellite Coincidence Subsetted Intermediate Data (CSI): A subset of 2B31, TRMM Combined Instument (TCI) rainall profile at 4 km horizontal, and 250 m vertical, resolutions, over a 220 km swath from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA_REE -54.959,-2.857,-54.959,-2.857 1998-09-10T00:00:00Z 2005-04-10T00:00:00Z 2011-02-17T05:00:00Z

Moist tropical forests in Amazonia and elsewhere are subjected to increasingly severe drought episodes through the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and possibly through deforestation-driven reductions ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_avhrr_1deg -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1987-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-09-08T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of a subset for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) in South America (i.e., longitude 85 deg to 30 deg W, latitude 25 deg S to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_avhrr_igbp -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1992-04-01T00:00:00Z 1993-03-31T00:00:00Z 2010-09-01T04:00:00Z

The data set consists of a LBA study area subset of the IGBP DISCover Data Set. The DISCover data set is one data set contained within the Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base. The U.S. Geological ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PRE-LBA_ARME -60.0,-3.0,-59.0,-2.0 1983-09-01T00:00:00Z 1986-09-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-04T05:00:00Z

The Amazonian Region Micrometeorological Experiment (ARME) data contain micrometeorological data (climate, interception of precipitation, mircometeorology and soil moisture) on the elements of the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA_TG07_BBD -54.9707,-3.017,-54.9707,-3.017 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z 1997-03-31T00:00:00Z 2009-07-31T04:00:00Z

Changes in the biomass of Amazon region forests represent an important component of the global carbon cycle but the biomass of these forests remains poorly quantified. We examined forest survey data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GES_DISC_TRMM_CSI_LBAX_2A21_V6 -81.8573,-30.75,-41.1427,9.5 1997-12-08T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-07-30T04:00:00Z

Satellite Coincidence Subsetted Intermediate Data (CSI): A subset of 2A21, PR (13.8 GHz) normalized surface cross-section at 4 km horizontal resolution and path attenuation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]amprtblba -76.0,-16.0,-49.0,6.0 1998-12-17T00:00:00Z 1999-02-26T00:00:00Z 2009-03-27T04:00:00Z

The Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) was deployed during The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment (TRMM-LBA). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CEOP_UCAR_JOSS_NOAA_CODIAC 4.0,51.0,5.0,52.014.0,52.0,15.0,53.0106.26,45.74,107.28,46.78119.6,22.0,121.9,25.2-75.64,-35.81,-32.74,7.12-107.0,53.0,-104.0,55.0-99.5,34.5,-95.5,38.5 2001-07-01T00:00:00Z 2004-09-30T00:00:00Z 2009-02-24T05:00:00Z

The Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP) seeks to establish an integrated global observing system for the water cycle which responds to both scientific and social needs. It is built as the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_regional_climate -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-01-30T05:00:00Z

This data set is a LBA study area subset of the Cort J. Willmott and Scott R. Webber 0.5 degree temperature and precipitation data set for South America. The data consists of: Monthly mean air temperature ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_pot_vege -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-30T05:00:00Z

The data set consists of a subset for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) in South America (i.e., longitude 85 deg to 30 deg W, latitude 25 deg S to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]lba_cpep -85.0,-25.0,-30.0,10.0 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-01-30T05:00:00Z

The data set consists of a subset of the Climate, People, and Environment Program (CPEP) Global River Discharge Data Set for the study area of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EOSWEBSTER_IKONOS -85.0,-15.0,-30.0,15.0 2008-08-20T04:00:00Z

IKONOS satellite imagery data have been requested from the NASA Scientific Data Purchase Program in support of research for the Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia ...