Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-06-19T05:39:07Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 306 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCLIM_INSOL -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

Data on changes in the earth's orbital parameters and the resulting variations in insolation were calculated by A. Berger of the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. Data includes both the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCL_SPECMAP -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

The SPECMAP paleoclimate archives at NOAA/NCDC World Data Center for Paleoclimatology consist of four (4) archives: ARCHIVE 1 contains 101 SPECMAP files, including planktonic counts and isotope values, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SDP_CPOP_B2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-18T05:00:00Z

The Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) B2 Scenario, 1990-2100, were based on the UN 1998 Medium Long Range Projection for the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SDP_GGDP_B2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

The Global 15x15 Minute Grids of the Downscaled GDP Based on the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) B2 Scenario, 1990 and 2025, are geospatial distributions of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SDP_GPOP_B2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

The Global 15x15 Minute Grids of the Downscaled Population Based on the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) B2 Scenario, 1990 and 2025, are geospatial distributions of the downscaled population ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_CHRR_NDH_MULTI_HFD -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

Global Multihazard Frequency and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid presenting a simple multihazard index based solely on summated single-hazard decile values. The hazards of interest include cyclones, ...

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Global Multihazard Mortality Risks and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid identifying and characterizing the nature of multihazard risk at the global scale. For this study, multihazard considers the ...

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Global Multihazard Proportional Economic Loss Risks is a 2.5 minute grid of a multihazard-based economic loss risk as a proportion of the economic productivity of the analytical unit, the grid cell. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_CHRR_NDH_MULTI_TELRD -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-14T05:00:00Z

Global Multihazard Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles is a 2.5 minute grid of global multihazard total economic loss risks. First, for each of the considered hazards (cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_SO2_1850-2005 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

The Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions, 1850-2005: National and Regional Data Set by Source Category, Version 2.86 provides annual estimates of anthropogenic global and regional Sulfur Dioxide ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_CHRR_NDH_CYCLONE_HFD -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

Global Cyclone Hazard Frequency and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid based on more than 1,600 storm tracks for the period 1 January 1980 through 31 December 2000 for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_CHRR_NDH_CYCLONE_MRD -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

Global Cyclone Mortality Risks and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid of global cyclone mortality risks. Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) data provide a baseline estimation of population ...

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Global Cyclone Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles is a 2.5 minute grid of cyclone hazard economic loss as proportions of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per analytical unit. Estimates of GDP at ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_CHRR_NDH_CYCLONE_TELRD -180.0,-58.0,180.0,86.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

Global Cyclone Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles is a 2.5 minute grid of global cyclone total economic loss risks. A process of spatially allocating Gross Domestic Product (GDP) based upon the Sachs ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_CHRR_NDH_DROUGHT_HFD -180.0,-58.0,180.0,85.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-13T05:00:00Z

Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid based upon the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction's (IRI) Weighted Anomaly of Standardized Precipitation ...

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Global Drought Mortality Risks and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid of global drought mortality risks. Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3) data provide a baseline estimation of population ...

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Global Drought Proportional Economic Loss Risk Deciles is a 2.5 minute grid of drought hazard economic loss as proportions of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per analytical unit. Estimates of GDP at ...

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Global Drought Total Economic Loss Risk Deciles is a 2.5 minute grid of global drought total economic loss risks. A process of spatially allocating Gross Domestic Product (GDP) based upon the Sachs ...

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Synthetic Assessment of Global Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate Change: Maps and Data, 2005, 2050, and 2100 consist of maps and vulnerability index to climate change of 100 countries based ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2008 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 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_2012 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 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]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_2004EVI -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 111 variables for 235 countries and territories. This index ...

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Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios is an update to a major crop modeling study by the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2006 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: (1) reducing environmental stresses on human health, and (2) promoting ecosystem vitality ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_RIOJO -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard of Sustainable Development Indicators portion of the Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 35 Commission on Sustainable Development ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2001-014 -105.0,5.0,-75.0,23.0 0800-01-01T00:00:00Z 1000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

Oxygen isotope and sediment composition data from Lake Chichancanab, Mexico. The data are interpreted as a moisture balance proxy, and indicate drought conditions in the years 800-1000 AD, corresponding ...

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The Country-Level GDP and Downscaled Projections Based on the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A1, A2, B1, and B2 marker scenarios, 1990-2100, were developed using the 1990 base year GDP ...

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The Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A1, B1, and A2 Scenarios, 1990-2100, were adopted in 2000 from population projections ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]WOUDC 158.0,-54.5,159.0,54.0 1963-03-19T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z

The World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre contains ozone and ultraviolet radiation measurements from around the globe. Some regions have large historical datasets - for example the Macquarie ...

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INDICATOR DEFINITION The monthly means of total column ozone measured at Macquarie Island. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in this report: 1.Describes the CONDITION of ...

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The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress ...

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This data set consists of faunal abundance data from Arabian Sea Box Cores. [ABSTRACT] Climate reconstructions reveal unprecedented warming in the last century, however little is known about trends ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2010 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-09-28T04:00:00Z

The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on environmental performance based on twenty-five indicators grouped within ten core policy categories addressing environmental health, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_GISS_CROPCLIM_DB -180.0,-58.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 2110-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-09-28T04:00:00Z

Datasets from a Major Crop Modeling Study contain projected country and regional changes in grain crop yields due to global climate change. Equilibrium and transient scenarios output from General ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ENTRI_TEXTS_COL -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1940-10-12T00:00:00Z 2000-09-05T00:00:00Z 2012-09-28T04:00:00Z

The Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) Collection of Treaty Texts consists of environmental treaty texts that are compiled in collaboration with the Columbia University Center for ...

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Abstract (from the online documentation): A compilation of paleoclimate records from lake sediments, trees, glaciers, and marine sediments provides a view of circum-Arctic environmental variability ...

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Data consists of summer temperature reconstruction based on laminae thickness in sediments from Donard Lake, Baffin Island, Canada. ABSTRACT (from the online documentation): Clastic varved sediments ...

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These data are reconstructed drought index and precipitation for NOAA Oregon climate divisions 7 and 8, derived from tree-ring data by Gregg M. Garfin and Dr. Malcolm K. Hughes of the Laboratory of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-002 -109.35,31.04,-102.7,37.3 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z

Water Year Annual Precipitation Reconstruction at El Malpais National Monument near Grants, New Mexico. The tree-ring chronology associated with this reconstruction can be found in the holdings ...

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This data set consists of reconstructed global annual surface temperatures for each year from 1400 to 1995, including statistical uncertainties and reconstructed principal component analyses. This ...

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[from NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology] A new compilation of annually resolved time series of atmospheric trace gas concentrations, solar irradiance, tropospheric aerosol optical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-049 -120.0,37.0,-114.0,41.0 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of reconstructed precipitation for Nevada Climate Division 3, annual July through June. Trees used for the reconstruction are bristlecone pine from Methuselah Walk, White ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1999-014 -180.0,0.0,180.0,90.0 1000-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z

Abstract (from the online documentation): Building on recent studies, we attempt hemispheric temperature reconstructions with proxy data networks for the past millennium. We focus not just on the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_MANN2003 -180.0,0.0,180.0,90.0 1000-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z

This data is an optimal Northern Hemisphere mean surface temperature reconstruction from terrestrial borehole temperature profiles spanning the past five centuries. The pattern of borehole ground ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-020 75.0,30.0,125.0,45.0 1600-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of precipitation reconstructions for Huashan, Shaanxi Province, in the central People's Republic Of China, based on tree-ring data.

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This data set consists of a comparison of the linear regression and neural network models for precipitation reconstruction from a network of tree ring chronologies. Data include the reconstructed ...