Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-23T05:43:28Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 55 0 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_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]HEED_UNH -102.0,-4.0,-28.0,56.0 1995-11-10T00:00:00Z 1999-06-06T00:00:00Z 2012-11-08T05:00:00Z

The HEED (Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions of) Global Change Program, a 3-year effort funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_NATIONALATLAS -130.0,22.0,-70.0,50.0 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

The National Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that was published in 1970. Like its predecessor, this edition promotes greater national geographic awareness. It delivers ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRI_WORLD_RESOURCES -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

The latest World Resources reference is an authoritative assessment of the world's natural resources. The World Resources Institute (WRI), in collaboration with the United Nations Development ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRI_EarthTrends -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

EarthTrends is an online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. Committed to the principle that accurate information drives ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOS00024 -125.0,24.0,-66.0,49.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-09-26T04:00:00Z

The Estuarine Living Marine Resources Program (ELMR) program is a developing project to produce a comprehensive data base on the relative abundance, distribution and life history characteristics ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WBD -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-06-25T04:00:00Z

ETI's World Biodiversity Database is a continuously growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million) and to make ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]si_mnh_mammalspecies -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2012-05-23T04:00:00Z

The Mammal Species of the World (MSW) is a database of mammalian taxonomy. The names are organized in a hierarchy that includes Order, Family, Subfamily, Genus and Species. Records include ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BATS_JGOFS_BOTTLEDATA -65.0,31.0,-64.0,32.0 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-01-27T05:00:00Z

The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) is a 10 year project (1988-1998), with primary funding from NSF Ocean Chemistry and Ocean Biology. BATS is part of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ING -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

The Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), a collaborative project of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) and the Smithsonian Institution, was initiated in 1954 as a compilation of generic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00574 -180.0,-80.0,179.75,85.0 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Please be aware that NCDC has now combined this dataset in with NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites, DS-3615 (C00573). Satellite Coral Bleaching Products is digital data set DSI-3621, archived at the National ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EFI_EFIDAS -11.0,35.0,30.0,72.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-01T05:00:00Z

The European Forestry Information and Data Analysis System (EFIDAS) provides comprehensive European forestry information and user-friendly data analysis systems to promote the improved ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GLOBEC_009_SAHFOS_001 -80.0,30.0,20.0,70.0 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-06-07T04:00:00Z

The aims of the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey are to monitor the near-surface plankton of the North Atlantic and North Sea on a monthly basis, using Continuous Plankton Recorders on a ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FAO_FIGIS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z

FAO's major program on Fisheries aims to promote sustainable development of responsible fisheries and contribute to food security. To implement this major program, the Fisheries Department focuses ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AEDd0001_155 -20.0,-35.0,55.0,40.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-30T04:00:00Z

Summary of AfESG Protected Areas "This dataset is part of the African Elephant Database (AED), which is the most up-to-date ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Fauna_Europaea -15.0,35.0,45.0,70.0 2009-04-28T04:00:00Z

The Fauna Europaea project is funded by the European Commission for a period of four years (1 March 2000 - 1 March 2004). Fauna Europaea will assemble a database of the scientific ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UNESCO_IOC_MarineOrganisms -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-24T04:00:00Z

The UNESCO IOC Register of Marine Organisms is an easily searchable database which is a component of the ETI World Biodiversity Database. The Register of Marine ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA_AGRICOLA -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1500-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access) is a bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. Production ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AmphibiaWeb -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

AmphibiaWeb, a site inspired by global amphibian declines, is an online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation. AmphibiaWeb offers ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMPHIBIAN_SPECIES -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The American Museum's collection of amphibians and reptiles ranks among the world's five largest herpetological collections. The separately catalogued collections of amphibians and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_BIO_BACTERIALDEGRAD_DATA -64.0,-65.0,-50.0,-52.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-02-01T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The aim of this study is to analyze the biodegradation capacity of the Antarctic bacterial flora. The research is comprised of the following steps: -Isolation and screening ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WCMC_149 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

This sourcebook of biodiversity data was released in part as a contribution to the First Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Bahamas, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BIOBASE_BIRDS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

Birds of the World Database The Birds of the World database can be searched for any Order. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CICEET_GREATBAY -72.68,42.57,-70.58,45.43 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

CICEET Great Bay (New Hampshire) Data The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) supports the scientific development of innovative ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EIC04_CORINE_BIOTOPES 21.0,60.0,32.0,70.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The CORINE biotopes (Version 2000) database is an inventory of major nature sites. The database began under the CORINE Biotopes project to enhance reliable and accessible information about ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CalCOFI_IEH -124.9,32.02,-113.61,42.51 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The California Oceanic Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) is a unique partnership of the California Department of Fish and Game, the NOAA Fisheries Service and the Scripps Institution ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]DAPTF -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Mission of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF) is to determine the nature, extent and causes of declines of amphibians throughout the world, and to promote means ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Watershed_EAtlas -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Digital Watershed Atlas of the World provides maps of land cover, population density and biodiversity for 154 basins and sub-basins around the world. It lists indicators and variables ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EMBL_Reptiles -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The EMBL Reptile Database is intended to provide information on the classification of all living reptiles by listing all species and their pertinent higher taxa. The database ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WCMC_157 28.0,-12.0,42.0,5.0 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

Availability of Biodiversity Information for East Africa Launched in 1992 at the Conference Conservation of Biodiversity in Africa, Nairobi, the project represents a survey of the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA0559 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

"Effects of Forest Management on Amphibians and Amphibian Habitats in a Changing Global Environment" contains multi-resource data (hydrology, water chemistry, vegetation, fauna) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_OCEAN_NMML_fur_seal_tags 140.0,50.0,-130.0,67.0 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z 1969-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Tag Recovery digital data set includes a record of tags found on fur seal adults that were attached as pups.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GBIF -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The purpose of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is to make the world's biodiversity data freely and universally available. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ICPIM -144.0,33.0,74.0,75.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

International Cooperative Programme on Integrated Monitoring (ICP IM) of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems (UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution) IM ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IOPI_GPC -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI) manages a series of cooperative international projects that aim to create and link databases of plant taxonomic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISIS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

International Species Information System (ISIS) database The International Species Information System (ISIS) is a computer-based information system for wild animal species held ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LDEO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) Climate Data Library contains a wide variety of primarily oceanographic and atmospheric data sets. All of the data is available online and most ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IGBP_LOICZ_NIOZ_COAST_TYPOLOGY -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Coastal Typology Dataset is a project of the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) program of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_OCEAN_NMML_marine_mammal2 110.0,-65.0,-30.0,67.0 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

Marine mammal sightings and sighting efforts are included in this data set. Includes position, time, date, weather conditions, number of animals sighted, species ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_NAAMP 165.0,0.0,0.0,85.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP) is a collaborative effort among regional partners, such as state natural resource agencies and nonprofit organizations, and the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_OCEAN_NMML_pinniped_tags 140.0,50.0,-130.0,67.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Pinniped Tagging Records are a digital data set which is a compilation of tags and brands applied to fur seals, sea lions, and harbor seals in Alaskan and Siberian waters. The system ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LIFE_BIOLOGY_SKIS_BIODIVERSITY1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

SKIS is a biodiversity information management system allowing basic data capture with user control over Taxonomic Standards. SKIS_52.ZIP contains the fully functional program - ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]TEMS_network -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites (TEMS) Networks Database provides a listing of the networks found in the TEMS database. Networks can be listed alphabetically by name or by number ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GRASS_RUTGERS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Cook College Remote Sensing Center of Rutgers University and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USA/CERL) have signed a cooperative agreement ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPNI -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOS00041 -125.0,24.0,-66.0,49.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Living Marine Resources (LMR) program assembles information on the spatial and temporal distributions and characteristics of selected coastal and marine species. These data are ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Terra_Turtles -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The EMYSystem, of The Terra Cognita Laboratory, is an information repository supporting global turtle conservation. Their goal is to collect and provide current and historical data about ...