Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-05-21T06:04:15ZGCMD Search: Parameters|LAND SURFACE|EROSION/SEDIMENTATION|EROSIONhttp://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 129 0 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]ESRI_Arc_AtlasArc Atlas: Our Earth (CD-ROM)-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01995-01-01T00:00:00Z1996-01-01T00:00:00Z2013-02-11T05:00:00ZArcAtlas: Our Earth brings to your computer a large collection of maps and information about the earth--its people, plants, animals, and their various environments and economies. Whether you're a ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01973-01-01T00:00:00Z2005-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-11T05:00:00ZThe 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]ESA_SENTINEL_PLACEHOLDERGlobal Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Sentinels Mission2013-01-24T05:00:00Z[Text Source: ESA's Earth Observing Missions, http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMTOMASS2G_index_0_m.html ]
Based on over 30 years of experience developing and implementing Earth observation satellites, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00501The El Nino Winter of 1997 - 1998-125.0,24.0,-66.0,50.01997-12-01T00:00:00Z1998-02-28T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe El Nino Winter of 1997 - 1998 is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Prior to the winter of 1997-8, record-breaking warm-episode (El Nino) conditions had ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Survey_report_Macquarie-Island_2011_12_V6Macquarie Island Mapping Program Field Work Report Voyage 6 Round Trip April 2012158.76,-54.79,158.95,-54.472012-04-19T00:00:00Z2012-04-27T00:00:00Z2012-12-20T05:00:00ZTaken from the survey report:
This report details the survey work carried out on Macquarie Island in April 2012 on re-supply Voyage 6 by Australian Antarctic Division Mapping Officer, Henk Brolsma ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CWIC_REGRadarsat-2 Scenes, Natural Resources Canada-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02008-04-27T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-11-13T05:00:00ZThe collection represents browse images and metadata for systematically georeferenced Radarsat-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) satellite scenes. The browse scenes are not geometrically enhanced using ...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?[AADC]Heard_data_snapshot_1901-2002A CD snapshot of Heard Island data from 1901-2002 held by the AADC72.0,-54.0,73.0,-53.01901-01-01T00:00:00Z2002-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-11T04:00:00ZThe CD was produced by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre for distribution to Heard Island expeditioners in the 2003/2004 season. The CD contained all publicly available data held by the Australian ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CD_AGENDA21China Dimensions Data Collection: Priority Programme for China's Agenda 2173.0,18.0,135.0,54.01993-01-01T00:00:00Z1993-01-01T00:00:00Z2012-09-28T04:00:00ZPriority Programme for China's Agenda 21 consists of full-text program descriptions supporting China's economic and social development. The descriptions represent 69 programs covering legislation, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NASA_LIS_DATANASA Land Information System (LIS) Data Sets-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02012-09-04T04:00:00ZThe Land Information System (LIS) provides collection of sample data for
demonstration of LIS code. The original source of each data set is given
whenever possible. LIS does not endorse the validity, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GNV00018_171The Global Assessment of Human Induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD) Digital Database from UNEP/GRID-Geneva-180.0,-57.0,180.0,72.01990-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-08-29T04:00:00ZThe Global Assessment of Human Induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD) was conducted by the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) at Wageningen, The Netherlands, as commissioned by ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBId0169_101Baringo (Kenya) Pilot Study for Desertification Assessment and Mapping35.0,-1.0,36.0,0.01984-01-01T00:00:00Z1992-12-30T00:00:00Z2012-06-07T04:00:00ZThe purpose of the Kenya Pilot Study was to evaluate the FAO/UNEP
Provisional Methodology for Assessment and Mapping of Desertification,
and to recommend an effective, simple methodology for desertification ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ELOKA028Summary Report of Community-Based Environmental and Species Observations from the Bering Sea Sub-Network, 2008-2009163.1176,55.180077,176.69972,65.12076-171.82663,55.379463,-160.42007,63.7520942007-07-01T00:00:00Z2009-04-30T00:00:00Z2012-05-13T04:00:00ZThe Bering Sea Sub-Network (BSSN) is comprised of a set of coastal communities representing six indigenous cultures: three in the Russian Federation and three in the United States. The objective of ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ELOKA029Survey Data of Community-Based Environmental and Species Observations from the Bering Sea Sub-Network, 2008-2009163.1176,55.180077,176.69972,65.12076-171.82663,55.379463,-160.42007,63.7520942007-07-01T00:00:00Z2009-04-30T00:00:00Z2012-05-13T04:00:00ZThe Bering Sea Sub-Network (BSSN) is comprised of a set of coastal communities representing six indigenous cultures: three in the Russian Federation and three in the United States. The objective of ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS117Glacial Geology Map of the Toolik Lake and Upper Kuparuk River Region, Alaska-149.67,68.48,-149.02,68.741976-06-01T00:00:00Z2001-08-31T00:00:00Z2012-05-11T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of a digital glacial geology map of the Toolik and upper Kuparuk River region, Alaska, USA. The map covers a 740 km² area on Alaska's North Slope, in the northern foothills ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GNVd0196_104Total Runoff Integrating Pathways (TRIP)-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01997-07-22T00:00:00Z1997-07-22T00:00:00Z2012-02-03T05:00:00Z"TRIP'' is an acronym of "Total Runoff Integrating Pathways.''
These pathways can help to isolate the river basins, inter-basin translation of water through river channels, as well as collect and ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA0428Conservation Reserve Program Database-177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.631986-03-01T00:00:00Z1989-08-31T00:00:00Z2011-10-14T04:00:00ZThe "Conservation Reserve Program Database" provides information on U.S. lands undergoing conservation treatments. Data include number of contracts enrolled by fiscal year and sign-up period; average ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_SOTER_Argentina_primarySoil and Terrain Database for Argentina, primary data (version 1.0) - scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Argentina)-73.578,-55.061,-53.592,-21.7812011-09-12T04:00:00ZThe Soil and Terrain database for Argentina primary data (version 1.0), at scale 1:1 million (SOTER_Argentina), was compiled of enhanced soil information within the framework of the FAO's program ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISRIC_AssodStatus of human-induced soil degradation in South and South-East Asia (ASSOD)60.0,-10.0,150.0,45.01950-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-06-01T00:00:00Z2011-08-30T04:00:00ZFollowing publication of the World Map of the Satus of Human-induced Land Degradation (GLASOD), at scale 1:10M, the need for more detailed and more country-specific degradation assessment became apparent. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_97_745_CSummary Distribution of Slides and Earth Flows in the San Francisco Bay Region, California-124.0,37.0,-121.0,39.02011-07-01T04:00:00ZThis report is a digital database package containing both plotfiles and
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases of maps of slides and earth
flows in the San Francisco Bay Region. The data are ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1220Antarctic ice sheet history and stability: baseline palaeoclimate research on the Pagodroma Group, Prince Charles Mountains.68.1093,-70.5401,68.1093,-70.540168.1058,-70.7089,68.1058,-70.708968.1007,-70.7128,68.1007,-70.712868.098,-70.7146,68.098,-70.71462000-11-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-20T00:00:00Z2011-05-10T04:00:00ZDetailed sedimentary information and palaeontological samples were collected from Battye Glacier Formation, of the Pagodroma Group in the Prince Charles Mountains, an area where little information ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[NOAA-NMMR]gov.noaa.ngdc.G01199Landslides, Set 1-121.53,-9.09,7.01,46.521903-01-01T00:00:00Z1978-06-30T00:00:00Z2011-03-10T05:00:00ZABSTRACT: This set of slides graphically illustrates the potential danger that major earthquakes pose to school structures and to the children and adults who happen to be inside at the time of the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd629Arctic Coastal Dynamics Program2011-01-24T05:00:00ZThe Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD) program is a multidisciplinary, multinational program with the goal of understanding circum-Arctic coastal dynamics as a function of environmental forcing, coastal ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Sediment_Supply_Arctic_Winter_IPY90_NLSediment Supply to the Arctic Coastal Zone-50.95,66.98,-50.21,67.072007-08-01T00:00:00Z2007-08-31T00:00:00Z2008-04-01T00:00:00Z2008-04-30T00:00:00Z2010-12-23T05:00:00ZThe data described here are various types of land-based geophysical survey data. The methods used are; Ground Penetrating Radar, Refraction Seismics and Transient Electromagnetics. Surveys are performed ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]DB_IMAGEAntarcticaIMAGEAntarctica Database - A Catalogue of Antarctic Images by the Australian Antarctic Division60.0,-75.0,160.0,-53.01838-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2010-12-21T05:00:00ZThe IMAGEAntarctica catalogue contains records of images held in the Australian Antarctic Division's Multimedia Image Library.
The material predominantly depicts Australia's presence and activities ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS056Soil Survey along the Dempster Highway, Yukon Territory, Canada-138.998,65.053,-133.475,68.9692010-12-15T05:00:00ZSoil survey information from plots along the Dempster Highway in Yukon Territory, Canada, includes soil consistency, soil texture, soil moisture, pedon information, flooding information (frequency ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDIAC_NDP43AA Coastal Hazards Data Base for the U.S. East Coast, CDIAC NDP-043A-80.0,25.0,-65.0,45.02010-08-26T04:00:00ZThis data base may be used by raster or vector geographic information
systems (GIS) and non-GIS data bases to assess the risk of coastlines
to erosion or sea level rise. The data base ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EEA_EROSIONGeomorphology, Geology, Erosion trends and Coastal Defence works-12.0,36.0,40.0,72.02010-08-26T04:00:00ZThe dataset consists of two layers:
1) This layer features both morpho-sedimentological and geological patterns of the European coastline. Both a geomorphological and a geological code ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1977_1978_NZ_1Geochemical studies on the rocks in the McMurdo Sound region160.0,-78.25,168.0,-77.01977-11-21T00:00:00Z1978-01-10T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZGeochemical studies were conducted in the McMurdo Sound region. Mossbauer spectrocopic studies of Desert Varnish, the physical and chemical weathering processes of the lavas on Ross Island and bedrock ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K042_1976_1977_NZ_2Investigation of soil salts and glacial features at sites in the Taylor Valley, Mount Discovery and Mount Morning163.5833,-78.5167,163.5833,-78.5167165.0167,-78.3667,165.0167,-78.3667159.55,-77.9,159.55,-77.9160.41667,-77.76667,160.41667,-77.76667161.0,-77.75,164.0,-77.551976-11-12T00:00:00Z1976-12-14T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T04:00:00ZA study was conducted to make soil and surface measurements (temperature profiles, frozen ground level depths, surface colour, etc) on dark surfaces at chosen localities, to examine and sample the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Iowa_CERDPCompost/Erosion Research in Iowa-97.0,40.0,-90.0,44.02009-06-02T04:00:00ZAs a follow-up to the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act of 1987,
lawmakers passed further legislation in 1989 to stem the growth of
landfills and improve solid waste ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]CANEMRCCRSCISCanadian Coastal Information System (CIS)-150.0,29.0,-50.0,84.01984-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-04-30T04:00:00ZThe Coastal Information System contains detailed information about the
geomorphic form and the material composition of the coastal features for
segments along the coast. These segments ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]CANEMRCCRSCSSCoastal Monitoring Data, Arctic and Eastern Canada and Selected Lakes-141.0,43.0,-52.0,83.01975-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2009-04-30T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of information on the location, date and results of
repeated survey profiles and cliff edge measurements at coastal sites in
Atlantic and Arctic Canada. Period of ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]Canada_GSC_EastArcCoastVidSurvCoastal Video Surveys, Arctic and Atlantic Canada and the Queen Charlotte Islands-141.0,43.0,-51.0,78.01981-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-04-30T04:00:00ZThis data set is part of a large inventory of more than 9,000 km of aerial
oblique coastal video coverage of Arctic and Atlantic Canada including Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]CANADA_GSC_OakRidgesMor_PrjOak Ridges Moraine Project, Canada-80.0,43.0,-78.0,45.01993-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-04-30T04:00:00ZA regional scale project completing geological and hydrogeological work of the
Greater Toronto and Oak Ridges Moraine area in southern Ontario. The
approximately 11,000 km sq field area ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NRCS_NRI_SotL_CROPLANDAnalysis Products on Cropland157.56,49.18,-117.38,67.57-127.87,22.88,-65.36,48.24-160.25,18.9,-154.76,22.22-67.96,17.67,-64.56,18.51144.54,13.23,145.9,15.29-170.84,14.16,-169.42,14.381997-07-01T00:00:00Z1998-10-31T00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZThe maps using data from the preliminary 1997 NRI for croplands deal with a variety of areas. These areas range from specific cultivated croplands, to erosion on cropland and changes in cropland. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K009_1984_1985_NZ_1Influence of the lithological and geotechnical properties of rocks upon morphology of glacial valleys160.5,-77.8333,163.5,-77.01984-11-23T00:00:00Z1985-01-09T00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZThe long and cross sectional forms of glacial valleys and cirques are a reflection of relationship between the abrasive and plucking processes occuring at the base of a glacier and the resistance ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LANDSAT.TM.RAWLANDSAT 4/5 TM Raw Products-20.0,0.0,60.0,90.01982-12-01T00:00:00Z1983-02-28T00:00:00Z1984-04-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZLandsat TM data are available from December 1982 to February 1983 (Landsat 4)
and from April 1984 onwards (Landsat 5). Most of the ESA archive has been
acquired and processed at receiving ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LANDSAT.TM.SCPRCCLANDSAT 4/5 Thematic Mapper (TM) System Corrected Pre-Flight Radiometric Correction and Cubic Convolution resampling Product-20.0,0.0,60.0,90.01984-04-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z1982-12-01T00:00:00Z1983-02-28T00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZLandsat TM data are available from December 1982 to February 1983 (Landsat 4)
and from April 1984 onwards (Landsat 5). Most of the ESA archive has been
acquired and processed at receiving ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LANDSAT.TM.SCPRNNLANDSAT 4/5 Thematic Mapper System Corrected Pre-Flight Radiometric Correction and Nearest neighbour resampling product-20.0,0.0,60.0,90.01982-12-01T00:00:00Z1983-02-28T00:00:00Z1984-04-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZLandsat TM data are available from December 1982 to February 1983 (Landsat 4)
and from April 1984 onwards (Landsat 5). Most of the ESA archive has been
acquired and processed at receiving ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LANDSAT.MSS.RAWLANDSAT MSS Raw Data Product-20.0,0.0,60.0,90.01972-07-23T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZMost of the ESA archive has been acquired and processed at receiving stations
in Fucino (Italy), Kiruna (Sweden) and Maspalomas (Gran Canaria, Spain).
However, the archive ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LANDSAT.MSS.SCASLANDSAT MSS System Corrected, absolute and statistical correction (SCAS) Product-20.0,0.0,60.0,90.01972-07-23T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZMost of the ESA archive has been acquired and processed at receiving stations
in Fucino (Italy), Kiruna (Sweden) and Maspalomas (Gran Canaria, Spain).
However, the archive ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EURIMAGE_LANDSATLandsat TM and MSS data from Eurimage-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01972-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZEurimage distributes, in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Landsat data
received at the following European Space Agency (ESA) ground receiving
stations:
Fucino ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SAI_JRC_Cent_Afr_FIRE_ProductThe Regional FIRE Product for Central Africa, 1993-1996, from JRC12.0,0.0,30.0,12.01993-12-01T00:00:00Z1994-01-31T00:00:00Z1994-12-01T00:00:00Z1995-03-31T00:00:00Z1995-11-01T00:00:00Z1996-04-30T00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZThe mapping of active fires from NOAA-AVHRR data is an important
source of in- formation for a number of projects both within MTV and
externally. The Central African region is an area ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]TERRESTRIS_SOIL_RHEURDTSoil-Erosion Modeling in Rheurdt5.68,46.86,15.68,55.412009-04-14T04:00:00ZA lot of damages in the community of Rheurdt were caused because of deposited
soil material after heavily rainstorms in June and from October till November
1998. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]TERRESTRIS_SOIL_SchwalmtalSoil-erosion modelling in Schwalmtal-Lüttelforst5.68,46.86,15.68,55.412009-04-14T04:00:00ZThe good results of the project in Rheurdt were the cause for the community of
Schwalmtal, a nearby located community with similar erosion problems, to place
an ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]VIMS_WETLANDSVIMS Integrated Database for the Functional Comparison of Created and Natural Wetland Sites in Virginia-78.0,36.0,-75.0,40.02009-03-30T04:00:00ZThis database provides imagery and classifications from several sites
across Virginia. The sites that can be selected include the
information contained in Appendices A (Sample ...