Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-06-19T04:14:27Zgtos Search: Parameters|BIOSPHEREhttp://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 174 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EOSWEBSTER_Global_RefGlobal Model Reference Data, 0.5 x 0.5 degree grid-cell-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02013-05-07T04:00:00ZThe Global Model Reference Collection contains 3 datasets that have been used extensively in various biogeochemical process models, in addition to some basic data layers used in analyzing and aggregating ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_20022002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01980-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-12T05:00:00ZThe 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_20052005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01980-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-12T05:00:00ZThe 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_20002000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01978-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-11T05:00:00ZThe 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]IUCN_CARINGCaring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01990-01-01T00:00:00Z1990-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-11T05:00:00Z"Caring for the Earth" provides governments, nongovernmental
organizations, businesses, and individuals with information and
guidance needed to develop ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SOE_NORWAYState of the Environment - Norway 20040.0,50.0,30.0,80.01966-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZState of the Environment Norway ("http://www.environment.no/" provides
the latest information about the state and development of the
environment. The service presents environmental topics ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]invasiveInvasive and Exotic Species of North America-125.0,10.0,-67.0,90.01995-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZInvasive.org has been under development for a number of years, and is
the result of the efforts of a large number of people. In the
mid-1990's we recognized a need for quality photographs ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]terrastatTerrastat - Land Resource Potential and Constraints Statistics at Country and Regional Level-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01990-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZTerrastat contains country statistics of soil, terrain, climatic and
agricultural land use limitations, and potential extent.
The designation employed and the presentation of material ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]iucn_1996redlistThe 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01996-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZIUCN Red Lists are the compilation of species categorized as
Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable according to the IUCN
Categories of Threat. For the most part, categorizations ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ETI_FarmingMarinePlantsETI CD - Cultivation and Farming of Marine Plants-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02012-12-20T05:00:00ZCultivation of seaweed is gaining interest on a worldwide scale. It is
being used as food, fertilizer and resource for chemical
constituents. Approximately 500,000 tons are being traded ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]HEED_UNHMajor Marine Ecological Disturbances, Morbidity, Mortality and Disease of Marine Wildlife Species Human Health and Economic Impacts-102.0,-4.0,-28.0,56.01995-11-10T00:00:00Z1999-06-06T00:00:00Z2012-11-08T05:00:00ZThe 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_20012001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01980-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-11-02T04:00:00ZThe 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]Ca_fblic_GFWLarge Remaining Unfragmented Forest Areas in Canada-135.18,41.4,-63.07,67.052001-01-01T00:00:00Z2001-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-23T04:00:00ZThis raster layer consists of the "large remaining
forest areas" grid published in Canada's Forests at a
Crossroads: An Assessment in the Year 2000. This dataset
is derived from ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00517A Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events170.0,15.0,-60.0,72.01980-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00ZA Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events is a technical report prepared by, and available from, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This 17-page report provides an overview, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FUNG_CO2_INPUTCO2 Surface Exchange Data Sets Used in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) 3-Dimensional (3-D) Global Tracer Transport Model, CDIAC/DB-1006-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02012-10-17T04:00:00Z[Source: NASA/GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/co2_fung/
These data sets represent the input files used in simulations of
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) using the Goddard Institute for Space
Studies ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_NATIONALATLASNational Atlas of the United States of America from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-130.0,22.0,-70.0,50.01970-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00ZThe 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]IGBP_MIOMBOThe Miombo (Africa) Network Land Use/Land Cover CD-ROM from the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP)-15.0,-33.0,49.0,15.01901-01-01T00:00:00Z1995-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00ZThe Miombo Woodlands system is taken to include all those Southern and
Central African ecosystems which occur under a hot, subhumid,
seasonally-wet climate on soils derived ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRI_WORLD_RESOURCESWorld Resources from the World Resources Institute (WRI)-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01950-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00ZThe 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]USDA0236Cross-National Patterns of Tropical Deforestation, 1975-1990-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01975-01-01T00:00:00Z1990-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-15T04:00:00ZThe purpuse of this dataset is to understand global patterns of
change and variation in tropical deforestation from 1975 to 1990.
Collection Organization: Multiple sources, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRI_EarthTrendsEarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02003-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-10-15T04:00:00ZEarthTrends 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]NOS00024The Estuarine Living Marine Resources Program-125.0,24.0,-66.0,49.01985-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-09-26T04:00:00ZThe 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]WBDWorld Biodiversity Database-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01990-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-06-25T04:00:00ZETI'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]NBId0270_101Desertification Atlas (Africa) Maps 1-17-20.0,-35.0,55.0,40.01990-01-01T00:00:00Z1992-12-30T00:00:00Z2012-06-11T04:00:00ZINTRODUCTION
Desertification/Land Degradation - The Background
More than 6.1 billion hectares, over one third of the Earth's land
area, is dryland. Nearly one billion hectares ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBId0071_101WCMC Closed Moist Tropical Forest of Nigeria (Classification of Forest Types)2.33,-3.72,15.34,14.42012-06-11T04:00:00ZNew-ID: NBI71
This data set presents a classification of African closed moist
tropical forest for Nigeria.
WCMC Africa Closed Moist Tropical Forest Database
...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBId0055_101WCMC Closed Moist Tropical Forest, Benin (Classification of Forest Types)0.74,5.96,4.34,12.662012-06-11T04:00:00ZNew-ID 55
This data set presents a classification of African closed moist tropical
forest for Benin.
The Africa Closed Moist Tropical Forest, Benin Dataset
...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBId0203_101Africa Water Balance high/lowland crops, 1987-20.0,-35.0,55.0,40.02012-05-31T04:00:00ZThe Africa Water Balance data set which is prepared by watershed and
by country, belongs to the group of "Irrigation and Water Resources
Potential" study. It covers 55 countries and 25 ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBId0288_101Desertification Atlas (Global) Maps 1-20-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01990-01-01T00:00:00Z1992-12-30T00:00:00Z2012-05-31T04:00:00ZINTRODUCTION
Desertification/Land Degradation - The Background
More than 6.1 billion hectares, over one third of the Earth's land
area, is dryland. Nearly one billion hectares ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBId0075_101WCMC Closed Moist Tropical Forest of Tanzania (Classification of Forest Types)28.96,-12.32,41.23,-0.542012-05-31T04:00:00ZNew-ID: NBI75
This data set presents a classification of African closed moist
tropical forest for Tanzania.
WCMC Africa Closed Moist Tropical Forest Database
...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]si_mnh_mammalspeciesMammal Species of the World-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02012-05-23T04:00:00ZThe 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]GNVd0044_104Ten Endangered Animal Species in Africa-20.0,-38.0,52.0,35.01986-01-01T00:00:00Z1986-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-05-01T04:00:00ZThe Enrichment Map of Endangered Animal Species in Africa is a derived
data set, created by reclassification of the overlay of ten individual
endangered animal species in Africa. The ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GEIA_N2OAnnual Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions on a 1x1 Degree Grid from the Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA), IGBP/IGAC-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01990-01-01T00:00:00Z1990-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-02-15T05:00:00ZThe Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) is an activity of the
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Core Project of the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GNVd0061_104West Africa Tropical Forest/Non-Forest Digital Composite Map-14.45,3.25,9.88,11.61988-12-01T00:00:00Z1990-01-31T00:00:00Z2012-02-03T05:00:00ZUNEP/GRID Documentation Summary for Data Set:
West Africa Tropical Forest/Non-forest Digital Map
This digital data set is one of the principal results of the West
Africa ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GNVd0040_104Desertification Hazard For Africa (Model Result)-20.0,-35.0,52.0,38.01984-12-01T00:00:00Z1984-12-01T00:00:00Z2012-02-01T05:00:00ZConceptual models were developed by FAO staff to assess global soils in relation to the processes of desertification and to conduct a full desertification hazards evaluation in Africa. The map sheet ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GNV00020_23NOAA Global Vegetation Index (GVI), 1982-1992 from UNEP/GRID-Geneva-180.0,-55.0,180.0,75.01982-04-12T00:00:00Z1992-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-02-01T05:00:00Z[The summary was adapted from original documentation provided by
UNEP/GRID-Geneva]
GNV00020 - NOAA weekly vegetation Index; First Generation
GNV00021 ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GNV00154Natural Vegetation Map of the European Communities and the Council of Europe (from CORINE) from UNEP/GRID-Geneva-10.0,-35.0,29.0,61.02012-02-01T05:00:00ZThe Natural Vegetation Map of the European Communities and the Council of Europe was originally published in 1979 at a scale of 1:4,000,000. A second version of this map depicting climax and pseudo-climax ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPGRI_GermplasmInternational Plant Genetic Resources Institute Plant Genetics Databases2011-12-19T05:00:00ZIPGRI is an international research institute with a mandate to advance
the conservation and use of genetic diversity for the well-being of
present and future generations. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ICRAF_AgroforestreeICRAF - International Center for Research in Agro-forestry databases-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02011-11-22T05:00:00ZThe Agroforestree (AFT) Database is a species reference and selection
guide for agroforestry trees. In the context of the database,
agroforestry trees are those that are deliberately grown ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Global_GISU.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the American Geological Institute (AGI) Global GIS Database-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02011-11-22T05:00:00Z The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological
Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on
making the USGS Global Geographic ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]INGIndex Nominum Genericorum-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02011-07-21T04:00:00ZThe 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.C00328Mapped Global Area Coverage (GAC) - Polar Stereographic-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01967-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2011-07-21T04:00:00ZThis dataset (along with Mapped GAC-Mercator) is the longest essentially continous and relatively homogeneous global product that has been produced from data collected by environmental satellites. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00512NOAA KLM User's Guide CD-ROM Version 1.0-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02011-07-21T04:00:00ZThe NOAA KLM User's Guide CD-ROM Version 1.0 is a product available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This CD-ROM is intended for users of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00458NOAA Satellite Technical Documentation (POD and GVI) CD-ROM-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02011-07-21T04:00:00ZNOAA Satellite Technical Documentation (POD and GVI) is documentation available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This CD-ROM is for users of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00574Satellite Coral Bleaching Products (DSI-3621)-180.0,-80.0,179.75,85.02003-02-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2011-07-21T04:00:00ZPlease 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]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00390Soil Moisture for Western Russia and the Ukraine (DSI-6411)22.0,42.0,60.0,65.01991-08-01T00:00:00Z1996-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-21T04:00:00ZSoil Moisture for Western Russia and the Ukraine is historical digital data set
DSI-6411, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Historical data set DSI-6411 is
...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00450Time Series of Global Monthly Vegetation Cover from NOAA/AVHRR 1985-1997 CD-ROM Version 1.1-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01985-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2011-07-21T04:00:00ZTime Series of Global Monthly Vegetation Cover from NOAA/AVHRR 1985-1997 CD-ROM Version 1.1 is a product available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This product contains data that was ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00330Visible and Infra-Red Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR)-180.0,-80.0,0.0,80.01976-07-26T00:00:00Z1988-09-25T00:00:00Z2011-07-21T04:00:00ZThe National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has, in archive, both digital data and hard-copy images from early VISSR (Visible and Infra-Red Spin Scan Radiometer) sensors on board the early Synchronous ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ATSR_BURNED_ATLASThe ERS-2 ATSR World Burned Areas Detection-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01999-12-01T00:00:00Z2000-03-31T00:00:00Z2011-03-21T04:00:00ZThe ERS-2 Along Track Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder (ATSR) burned surface areas detection data. Currently the project is providing a case study over a 1000 square km area in West Africa ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ATSR_FIRE_ATLASThe ERS-2 ATSR World Fire Atlas-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01995-09-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2011-03-21T04:00:00ZThe ERS-2 Along Track Scanning Radiometer and Microwave Sounder (ATSR) World Fire Atlas provides imagery for fire detection, land use, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosol applications.
The ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EFI_EFIDASEuropean Forestry Information and Data Analysis System (EFIDAS)-11.0,35.0,30.0,72.02000-01-01T00:00:00Z2005-12-31T00:00:00Z2010-12-01T05:00:00ZThe 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]EFI_CASFOR_IIModelling Carbon Sequestration in Forested Landscapes (CASFOR-II)-11.0,35.0,30.0,72.02001-12-01T00:00:00Z2004-11-05T00:00:00Z2010-12-01T05:00:00ZThe general objectives of the Modelling Carbon Sequestration in Forested
Landscapes (CASFOR-II) project are to consist of A) the develop a general model
for estimating carbon ...